Lear Jet down in Chicago?

[Fernando]

Ive just read in a newspaper here in Mexico that a Royal Air lear jet went down at 2pm in Chicago...

heres the news but its in spanish

Se estrella aeronave cerca de Chicago
Se estrella aeronave cerca de Chicago

AP

Chicago, Estados Unidos (5 enero 2010).- Autoridades informaron hoy que un Learjet de Royal Air que tenía permiso para aterrizar se estrelló en un bosque cerca del Aeropuerto Ejecutivo de Chicago, en el suburbio de Wheeling.

Una vocera del aeropuerto dijo que la nave se estrelló cerca de las 14:00 horas locales y que los bomberos se encontraban ya en la zona.

La vocera no pudo confirmar inmediatamente cuántas personas viajaban abordo y si había personas heridas en tierra.

La agencia federal de aviación de EU (FAA) dijo que el avión parecía ser un Learjet que se estrelló cerca de un río.

La compañía Royal Air Charter hasta el momento no ha emitido algún comunicado.

 

[flyguy75000]

Doesn't look good.....

http://news.yahoo.com/video/local-15749667/17451722

 

[ultrarunner]

Coming over from PTK it looks like.....

 

[jonjuan]

One report said single pilot. Yikes.....

 

[landlover]

One report said single pilot. Yikes.....

come on, you should know better than that.

 

[SinglePliot135]

RIP guys. Ok WX there, probably favoring the 'get outta ORD's way' ILS 16 circle to 34 approach.

 

[Fly91]

Straight down.....what the heck??????

 

[jonjuan]

Straight down.....what the heck??????

Approach turn stall? Similar thing happened at New Haven a few years ago also in a 35. God Bless the crew and families.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20060602-1

 

[Fly91]

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20060602-1

These guys decended into the water....controlled flight into terrain (water).

A straight down accident is very rare with any type of failure or pilot screw up.

That Lear in Chicago today....that thing went STRAIGHT down vertically. That is unusual on a nice weather day. Thats all I'm saying.

 

[jonjuan]

These guys decended into the water....controlled flight into terrain (water).

A straight down accident is very rare with any type of failure or pilot screw up.

That Lear in Chicago today....that thing went STRAIGHT down vertically. That is unusual on a nice weather day. Thats all I'm saying.

Possible rime ice accumulation? Very strange, indeed.

 

[PilotKitch]

RIP and my thoughts and prayers go out to their friends and family

 

[Fly91]

Possible rime ice accumulation? Very strange, indeed.

If that report about single-pilot is true....suicide. Its happened before, happened at my college (ERAU) a couple years after I left. Student slammed it nose down onto the runway from 4oo feet. Crazy....

 

[skiandsurf]

If that report about single-pilot is true....suicide. Its happened before, happened at my college (ERAU) a couple years after I left. Student slammed it nose down onto the runway from 4oo feet. Crazy....

And that was over a girl that broke his heart.

 

[Fly91]

And that was over a girl that broke his heart.

Yup...........

 

[RedGuy]

If that report about single-pilot is true....suicide. Its happened before, happened at my college (ERAU) a couple years after I left. Student slammed it nose down onto the runway from 4oo feet. Crazy....

It was not single pilot, and I know at least the captain was not suicidal, he was a good friend of mine.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

9 hours after a very unfortunate accident and flightinfo has it solved!.....single pilot suicide in a Learjet, just like at ERAU.

Call the NTSB, tell them to stand down...the internet braintrust has it solved.

:erm:

 

[RedGuy]

9 hours after a very unfortunate accident and flightinfo has it solved!.....single pilot suicide in a Learjet, just like at ERAU.

Call the NTSB, tell them to stand down...the internet braintrust has it solved.

:erm:

My thoughts exactly.

 

[AA717driver]

Redguy--Sorry about your friend.

In this business, it's not "if" someone here knew them, it's "how many".

TC

 

[RedGuy]

Thanks, yeah it's something that happens in this industry, After 13 years in this bussiness I think I have more friends that have been killed flying than I do friends.

 

[o2bflyn]

9 hours after a very unfortunate accident and flightinfo has it solved!.....single pilot suicide in a Learjet, just like at ERAU.

Call the NTSB, tell them to stand down...the internet braintrust has it solved.

:erm:

exactly....some people are no better than our outstanding media outlets.

thoughts and prayers to the crew and all who knew them. RIP.