ATR crash

[Citjok]

Just saw in the cnn website that an ATR72 went down off the coast of Italy. It reported an engine problem. God bless the victims.

 

[patriot88]

19 lost 20 survivors....all italians on the way to Tunisia, 3 crew survived the water landing...apparently still floating when rescue people arrived. terrorism ruled out. god bless.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050806/ap_on_re_eu/italy_plane_crash

 

[surplus1]

Just saw in the cnn website that an ATR72 went down off the coast of Italy. It reported an engine problem. God bless the victims.

Must have been a real big "engine problem" if that's true. That thing should be quite capable of getting around on one.

 

[RJET]

IT IS A SAD EVENT. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW LONG THE ATR IS DESIGNED TO FLOAT ON WATER IN EVENT OF A DITCH. I was told in ground school a couple years back that is was designed to float for a few minutes but never actually tested.

 

[PA31Ho]

I couldn't help but laugh at the media this afternoon on Fox coverage. "An Itilian Jet Airliner crashes off the coast of Italy. This is an ATR-72 which is a twin turbopropellor aircraft which seats... blah blah"... I guess that's what happens when they really don't know aviation. But it wasn't just 1 time, it was for hours. I guess somebody finally got them straight.

Anyway, another sad story.