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A PC-12 in Canada is limited to 9 passengers and two pilots under single engine IFR regulations. I'm not sure what the American regs say, but even if they differed it seems like too many people in the plane. I have about 300hrs flying PC-12s from years ago, so I have a pretty good working knowledge of the plane and it's capabilities. There could be an exemption if many of the deceased are under 2yrs old, then they wouldn't be counted as taking a seat.
DjShan: where are you instructing now?
Skipper: There certainly is lots of "fender bender" kind of incidents that happen every day. You just don't hear about them because you're not involved in the industry, and it didn't end up in a news friendly fire ball. WestJet took a 737 off the end of the runway in Ottawa last winter. No one died, no one got hurt, but the plane was stuck in a snow bank. I bet ya not even 5% of people on hear heard about that one. Super close call, but no one heard about it. WestJet also took a plane off the runway in Thunder Bay last winter. Didn't hear about that one either right? Porter flew into severe turbulence this winter, had to divert to Montreal to have passengers taken away by ambulance. Didn't hear about that one either right?
Lots of stuff happens every day. As a general rule, unless it ends up in a fire ball, or Air Canada is involved, it's never reported.
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