CRJ down in MO!

[FN FAL]

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-plane-down,0,1937824.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines


[size=+2]Jet Goes Down in Residential Area in Mo.[/size]

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[/font]By DAVID A. LIEB
Associated Press Writer

October 15, 2004, 1:29 AM EDT


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A small jet went down in a residential area of eastern Jefferson City, damaging a building, authorities said.

It was believed only the pilot and co-pilot were aboard the CRJ2, a regional jet that could seat between 20 and 40 people, said Jefferson City police Capt. Michael Smith.

There was no immediate information about injuries, either to anyone in the plane or on the ground in the neighborhood just north of U.S. 50 a few miles east of downtown.

Smith said the plane was apparently experiencing engine problems when it went down after 10 p.m. Thursday night.

FAA spokesman Tony Molinaro said a house was damaged.

"One aircraft engine was along the road. There was some debris in a tree, and a burned area," Smith said. "You could still smell the fuel."

Neither Smith nor Molinaro knew where the plane took off or where it was going.

Police evacuated a roughly three-block area near the crash site and weren't allowing any vehicles near the area, Smith said. U.S. 50 remained open.

Amanda Clemons, 24, said she heard the plane crash and could see the site from her Jefferson City apartment.

"I felt the apartment shake. I thought it was thunder at first, and then maybe an earthquake," Clemons said in a telephone interview.

 

[FL000]

Plane Crashes in Jefferson City Neighborhood
KMIZ Staff :: 10/15/2004

A passenger jet carrying its two-person crew crashed late Thursday night in a Jefferson City neighborhood on the city's east side. Jefferson City Police evacuated the neighborhood in the area of Expressview Drive and Hutton Lane after the jet went down about 10:15. Police describe the plane as a regional jet belonging to a subsidiary of Northwest Airlines. The status of the crew is not known. We'll have more details as they become available.

--strange...2 planes in one day with only crew on board. I'm not making any insinuations. Just thought it was strange.

 

[FN FAL]

Thanks for the additional info FL000!

I know I gaffe on the regional guys quite a bit, but I was just about to head to bed and saw this as I checked the news...then I cracked the Bacardi and then salute!

 

[FN FAL]

--strange...2 planes in one day with only crew on board. I'm not making any insinuations. Just thought it was strange.

There was TWO plane crashes today?

 

[U of I Tweak]

--strange...2 planes in one day with only crew on board. I'm not making any insinuations. Just thought it was strange.

Maybe I'm missing something....but it seems as though this is the same incident than FN FAL posted and not a separate crash?

 

[FN FAL]

Maybe I'm missing something....but it seems as though this is the same incident than FN FAL posted and not a separate crash?

Hey, if you guys from the regionals want to start a thread, go ahead...I can defer to delete this one plus the one I put up as notice in the regional section...I just saw it as breaking news and posted for those interested. When I posted, it was only 11 minutes old.

 

[FL000]

Maybe I'm missing something....but it seems as though this is the same incident than FN FAL posted and not a separate crash?

I thought I heard that a cargo 747 went down in Halifax today.

edit: here's that story...

Cargo Jet Crash Kills Seven in Canada
Thursday, October 14, 2004

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A Boeing 747 cargo jet bound for Spain with a crew of seven crashed in a fireball after its tail section apparently broke off during takeoff at Halifax International Airport (search) early Thursday, killing all aboard.

The MK Airlines (search) jet loaded with lawn tractors and 58 tons of lobster and fish crashed shortly before 4 a.m. local time into a largely wooded area near an industrial park north of Halifax, said Steve Anderson, a spokesman in Britain for the Ghana-based carrier.

The flight had originated from Bradley International Airport (search) near Hartford, Conn., and stopped in Halifax for refueling en route to Zaragoza, Spain.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (search) said there were no survivors.

Constable Joe Taplin said that authorities had recovered some of the remains of the dead.

The tail of the jet lay in a field at the end of the runway, inside the fence surrounding the airport. The rest of the plane cut a wide, V-shaped swath through woods and brush and came to rest in pieces less than a mile away. The tops of several trees and power poles were sheared off.

"The aircraft basically didn't take off," Anderson said. "She continued her (takeoff run) and ran off the runway and ran into woods."

The weather at the time of the crash was good with a partly cloudy sky and light winds.

A pilot familiar with large planes quoted by Canadian Press said tails of jets such as the 747 occasionally strike the ground during rotation — the point in the takeoff sequence when the pilot pulls back on the control stick, lifting the nose off the ground. Large aircraft have so-called strike bars that protect the tail section.

The plane's crew are from the United Kingdom, South Africa or Zimbabwe, Anderson said. Aside from the usual three-member crew in the cockpit, it also carried a loadmaster and a spare crew.

The crash was the fourth for the cargo company in 12 years and the second involving fatalities. All three previous crashes were in Nigeria.

Witness Peter Lewis was dropping off his wife at the airport and saw two explosions that resembled heat lightning.

"As we were approaching we saw what I thought was heat lighting 'cause I told everyone in the car that we've got heat lightning in the sky," he told radio station CJCH.

"That was only a quick one followed by a second one that was bigger. And then we seen a very bright orange light and I mean bright. It took up the whole sky."

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (search) assembled a team of investigators in Ottawa, said spokesman John Cottreau.

The crash forced the airport to close for several hours. Power was temporarily knocked out, but flights resumed on one runway when backup generators were brought in.

 

[FN FAL]

I thought I heard that a cargo 747 went down in Halifax today.

Yes, that's true!

 

[FN FAL]

http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=78c55bc1-e2f8-4ad5-852c-3fdff9d17e8c

Above is an article on the 747 crashm with pictures. Looks like they lost their tail right at rotation.

 

[Weasel Keeper]

--strange...2 planes in one day with only crew on board. I'm not making any insinuations. Just thought it was strange.

It's always strange to have two down in one day, but I don't see any coincidence. Accidents happen. Godspeed to the crews.