dylan

Captain recieved fatal injuries, FO is injured.

**CAUTION** the link shows a pic of the FO....he is pretty banged up.





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corby78

Wow, I wish I could have read the article to find out what happened. One thing for sure, that wasn't the runnway they were supposed to be on.

B-16707

dang. hope he makes a recovery.

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Santos

Sad news. I can´t see the pics because they are too small. Let´s hope the FO get´s better soon.

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If you're using a Windows-based PC, just right click on the photo and select "Open Link in New Window" and it'll pull up the full size photo in a new window.

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jonatan47

i know what happened the pilot actually confused the runway with the street so they actually landed on the street...

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dylan

You're so far off base it's not even funny. They didn't LAND on the street, they CRASHED and there just happened to be a street under them. That is after breaking out of low clouds in a 30 degree bank that increased to somewhere around 45 degrees, they then clipped powerlines, rolled back to the right at about 70-80 degrees, the wing impacted the ground and the aircraft exploded.

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Roarer

Quite, although it may take a while with a face like that.

Thick question probably, but were they the only 2 aboard??

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jonatan47

haha far of base... hey thats what they told on the first news on the news papers....

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jonatan47

hey "dylan" i read articles about it... they confused the street lights with the airport runway because of the cloudy sky.. when they realized they where going to crash they tried to fly back up but failed... but its not official since they founded the "black box" and heard that the pilots were communicating to the control tower about a problem in electronic system in the cabin... nobody knows for exactitude what happen...we will need to wait until investigations end.

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Roarer

Hello??

How many were aboard??

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'Up close, the Britten Norman Islander has the air of a relic from a bygone era, but it is precisely that.
Built in the '80s to a 1960s design, this is a plane that first turned up for work when Prime Minister Harold Wilson wore a Gannex raincoat and the first coat of paint was still wet on Coronation Street.
But when the daily remit is multiple short hops between tiny bumpy strips in a climate that flickers from the blustery to the apocalyptic, this sturdy little craft is hard to beat.'

jonatan47

2 pilot & copilot

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Roarer

Thanks, I don't read Spanish you see.


And, I don't know about you, but I gave up simply assuming things years ago, hence all me questions.

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'Up close, the Britten Norman Islander has the air of a relic from a bygone era, but it is precisely that.
Built in the '80s to a 1960s design, this is a plane that first turned up for work when Prime Minister Harold Wilson wore a Gannex raincoat and the first coat of paint was still wet on Coronation Street.
But when the daily remit is multiple short hops between tiny bumpy strips in a climate that flickers from the blustery to the apocalyptic, this sturdy little craft is hard to beat.'

Commuter

A sad day for those involved.