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Citjok

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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.
 
Citjok said:
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 

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