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Plane crash in Montana claims 17 lives (pg. 2)
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
Also in the news... a two-seater Cessna 152 plane crashed into a cemetary near Gander NFLD.
The Tiger Search and Rescue Team has recovered 300 bodies so far and expect the number to climb as digging continues into the evening. |
Such an old joke AJ... |
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| Abercrombie |
| quote: | Originally posted by VDub
Such an old joke AJ... |
Clearly...
...you're the only one that got it ;) |
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| Abercrombie |
| quote: | Originally posted by djshan
Yeh sorry couldnt get back to you on that one, there were so many people wanting to go... i ended going up myself:D |
No , you were good! My ex didn't work out, lol |
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| El K Dee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Skipper
Air travel is still statistically safer than driving a car sure, but there's no small fender benders when it comes to airplanes...you're probably ed if something goes wrong. |
well the number of people that die worldwide by car crashes on a daily basis does outweigh plane/train/bus/boat fatalities....quite crazy when you think about it. |
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| gummybear |
for some reason i am more afraid to fly as i get older...i'm gonna have to pop some pills next month when i fly to punta cana..
RIP to all the peeps who lost their lives...very sad.. |
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| activate |
| how do 17 people die aboard a plane that seats like 12 people? |
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| El K Dee |
| quote: | Originally posted by activate
how do 17 people die aboard a plane that seats like 12 people? |
despite this coming from a credible source, the fact that they quote a 14 y/o and also dont fix the grammar (which is usually done) "We had just came out of the gas station", seems fishy... |
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| djshan |
| quote: | Originally posted by activate
how do 17 people die aboard a plane that seats like 12 people? |
Could be a weight and balance issue. Aircrft was probably overweight. |
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| King_Mack |
sad news :(
A Fed ex plane crash and burned in Japan too, planned tip over in its side as it hit the tarmac. Pretty crazy :\ |
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| failsafe |
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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| Abercrombie |
| quote: | Originally posted by King_Mack
sad news :(
A Fed ex plane crash and burned in Japan too, planned tip over in its side as it hit the tarmac. Pretty crazy :\ |
This news does NOT deliver. |
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| El K Dee |
| odd...was listening to the radio earlier and they said there were 14 passengers now |
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