Corporate Airlines (AA Connection) J32 down in MO

[banned username 2]

You just gotta love the press...

This is from the St. Louis Post Dispatch:

An American Airlines Connection flight from St. Louis carrying 12 people to Kirksville, Mo., crashed near its destination about 7:30 Tuesday night, the second time in a week a jet crashed in the state.

Early reports indicated five of the twelve people on board the plane died, according to Elizabeth Isham Cory of the Federal Aviation Administration. There were 13 passengers and two crew members on the plane. (Since when does 13 + 2 = 12???)

The flight, which she said left St. Louis at 6:42 p.m., was scheduled to land shortly after 7:30 in Kirksville. The last contact with the plane was at 7:33 p.m., she said, and there was no sign of trouble.

The plane crashed about 4 miles south of the airport there, she said.

The plane, a Jetstream 31 twin engine , was American Airlines Connectionflight 5966 operated by Corporate Airlines.

On Thursday, a 50-seat jet crashed into a residential neighborhood near Jefferson City. The pilot and co-pilot were killed. No one else was on the plane and no one on the ground was injured. The cause of that crash is under investigation.

Thoughts and prayers go out to the passenger, crew and their families...

 

[LegacyDriver]

Reporters are morons.

 

[great cornholio]

God speed to the crew and pax. This crashing is getting a little out of hand this week. Hopefully there wont be anymore for a while.

 

[100LL... Again!]

Wisconsin?

 

[Sig]

Godspeed.

My condolences to all.

Belchfire, I can only imagine. I'm sorry.

 

[ACT700]

Who ever said that they come in 3s earlier this week, called it right, I guess.

Godspeed.

 

[gear_guy]

God Bless the families....You are all in my thoughts and prayers. Unfortunately, I know too many pilots there. I am nervous about the outcome.

 

[FL000]

Who ever said that they come in 3s earlier this week, called it right, I guess.

Godspeed.

So if another happened tomorrow, would you then say things come in fours, or would you start over on the next three?

 

[Kaman]

Hello,
Any word on the crew yet? My old Race City roommate is an FO there now.

Regards,

ex-Navy rotorhead

 

[TWAER]

The crew did not survive.

 

[Smiliner]

Sh!t!!! My best friend just started IOE at CorpEx on Monday.


My thoughts and prayers are with the family & friends of everyone that is involved.

 

[AirBill]

Reporters are morons.

That's a helpful statement.

May God be with the crew, passengers and their families.

 

[JetCapt69]

http://www.airdisaster.com/news/1004/20/news.shtml

 

[8HourPilot]

Hey Belchfire, you out there?

 

[The Sizzler]

We (Trans States) do NOT fly to Kirksville. Thats a Corporate Airlines route. God be with the passengers, crew and their familes.

My bad I thought it was them, I could have sworn they did fly in there back when I worked on the ramp.

 

[Ailerongirl]

I just watched the news conference that was held at the Kirksville Airport this morning, and all I can say is that I hope the FAA and the NTSB got there as quick as they could!

Between the spokesperson from the Sheriff's Dept, and the one from the Highway Patrol, neither had a clue as to what NTSB stood for. It was first referenced as "National Transportation Safety Bureau", and then 'National Traffic Safety Bureau" They then gave up for a bit and referred to both the FAA and NTSB as "Federal People", and then it was back to 'National Traff..err Transportation Safety Bureau"

I'm sure they were both just unnerved to have a bunch of reporters in their faces when they were trying to deal with a horrible crash, but still...

God bless those that were lost last night, and I hope that the 5 missing are recovered.

 

[Justino]

This is so sad, another crash.... and in MO again. My prayers go out to the families and friends of all involved. God's speed........

 

[Mongolikecandy]

Anyone know who the crew was? If so could you drop me a PM. (don't want to put their names out in view of the public just yet) I good friend of mine has a brother in law that works there and just wanted to make sure he's alright. Continued prayers.....

Mongo

 

[BoilerUP]

I recieved two phone calls last night telling me about this accident. As a former Corpex employee, the only way I can explain my feelings was the word SHOCK.

I heard from a former coworker, who heard from another former 3Cer, who heard from a current Corpex employee who the crew was, but I will not speculate or spread rumors until it is confirmed. I will say that I recognized the name of the Captain, and he was an excellent person and pilot whom will be sorely missed.

I'm still young, and this is the first time I have heard a colleague passed away in an accident - I fear it will not be the last time. My sincerest prayers go out to every former and current employee at Corporate Airlines. I've yet to meet better people than the guys and gals that work at 3C. Once further details come out, if there is any way I can contribute or help the familes of those who have left us, those who know who I am please feel free to PM, call, or contact BM down in Jackson and tell him to get ahold of me.


"But for the grace of God go I..."

 

[jstarav8r]

Corpex J-32

I have a number of friends at Corpex. My sympathies go out to the families of the crew and the victims.

I used to ride them to STL out of OWB all the time when I was at TWA. What a great group of people.

This may not bode well for Corpex. I've heard things are not all that rosy overthere.

I hope this crew was doing what they loved right up till the end. I think most pilots are in this profession because they love to fly. Most likely this crew was working toward a better future in aviation. God Bless EM!

If somebody knows who the crew was, could you PM me. I can't get a hold of my buddy down there.

Jetstar Aviator