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Anyone know anything more about this story? Sounds like a fuel quality or quantity issue.
FORT YUKON
Private jet crashes in remote area; all four people aboard leave unhurt
A twin-engine private jet dropped 9,000 feet and crash-landed on its belly on a remote area west of Fort Yukon with four people on board Friday afternoon, the Rescue Coordination Center said. No one was injured.
Master Sgt. Sal Provenzano with the RCC called the landing "pretty amazing."
The names of the four aboard were not immediately available.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Cessna Citation 550 is registered to the University of North Dakota.
Citations are sophisticated and expensive jets more typically used for corporate travel than Alaska Bush flying, Provenzano said.
The people on the jet were working for Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., looking for areas to test de-icing equipment for a new helicopter, he said. No one from the Connecticut-based company immediately returned phone calls Friday night.
The company's Web site describes Sikorsky as "a world leader in helicopter design, manufacturing and service."
The flight originated out of Fairbanks and was headed to the area around Fort Yukon, Provenzano said. Around 2 p.m., north of the village of Beaver, the plane "experienced a dual-engine flameout," he said. The pilot tried to restart the engines, but to no avail.
"This was an emergency crash, not an emergency landing," Provenzano said. He said the plane remained relatively intact despite the impact. "It was pretty phenomenal the guy was able to put it down the way he did."
The plane's emergency signal went off and notified rescuers of its location.
Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. of Hartford, Conn., which provides a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries, the company's Web site says.
-- Anchorage Daily News
FORT YUKON
Private jet crashes in remote area; all four people aboard leave unhurt
A twin-engine private jet dropped 9,000 feet and crash-landed on its belly on a remote area west of Fort Yukon with four people on board Friday afternoon, the Rescue Coordination Center said. No one was injured.
Master Sgt. Sal Provenzano with the RCC called the landing "pretty amazing."
The names of the four aboard were not immediately available.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Cessna Citation 550 is registered to the University of North Dakota.
Citations are sophisticated and expensive jets more typically used for corporate travel than Alaska Bush flying, Provenzano said.
The people on the jet were working for Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., looking for areas to test de-icing equipment for a new helicopter, he said. No one from the Connecticut-based company immediately returned phone calls Friday night.
The company's Web site describes Sikorsky as "a world leader in helicopter design, manufacturing and service."
The flight originated out of Fairbanks and was headed to the area around Fort Yukon, Provenzano said. Around 2 p.m., north of the village of Beaver, the plane "experienced a dual-engine flameout," he said. The pilot tried to restart the engines, but to no avail.
"This was an emergency crash, not an emergency landing," Provenzano said. He said the plane remained relatively intact despite the impact. "It was pretty phenomenal the guy was able to put it down the way he did."
The plane's emergency signal went off and notified rescuers of its location.
Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. of Hartford, Conn., which provides a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries, the company's Web site says.
-- Anchorage Daily News