USA Jet DC-9 down in Saltillo

[AC560]

Godspeed

 

[Captain Morgan]

This is aweful. Condolences to the families and friends. I am truly sorry.

 

[T-Gates]

This is like a punch to the gut.

RIP

 

[Ailerongirl]

Godspeed, and my prayers will be with both families.....

 

[727C47]

Godspeed, a terrible tragedy.

 

[hvydriver]

Condolences gents.

 

[Wankel7]

So sorry to hear about this. My thoughts and prayers to those involved and touched by this.

 

[b707guy]

My sincerest condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of the crew, and best wishes for a speedy recovery for the FO.

press is speculating the pilot confused the runway lights with the lights of a major street in the immediate vicinity (lets see what the official report is....)

If so, it wouldn't be the first time. Never flown into Saltillo, but night, arcs, NDBs, mountainous terrain, airport lighting, etc, make it tough enough. McClellan outside of SAC has a street that is easily confused for the runway. It can happen to any of us. Godspeed.

 

[atpcliff]

Hi.

This really sucks.

I JUST got an email from a buddy who was at USA Jet, but his email said the tail no. was "N704CK", so I was hoping it was NOT a USA Jet airplane and crew.

Then I found this thread...

I just flew with the captain. He is a great guy-very nice, friendly and helpful. He had a LOT of experience, both before coming to USA Jet, and while here.

He was helping me learn what to do to be capt (I am upgrading now, and am home after getting the type done, so I was out of the loop). He was VERY helpful, and a great guy to fly with.

I'm shocked that it happened to him, but I guess that's how it always is-a shock to everyone. Also, Saltillo is not easy to fly into, but we go there the most of anyplace in Mexico.

I don't know the FO. We have had a lot of new FOs lately, and I just don't know all of them yet.

I haven't heard anything from the company or anyone else, except for this thread.

My thoughts are prayers are with those affected by the flight. I hope the FO recovers to fly again.

God Bless LM, the FO, and their families.

cliff
GRB

 

[satpak77]

Let me also say "God Bless" to the flight crew and everyone else touched by this.

I second the comments about Mexico. I have extensive experience down there in my "heavy" King Air 350 (gross = 15,500) and Monterrey and Saltillo can bite you if you are not careful.

Night approach, 1 mile viz, sky obscured, and putting in a 5-6 hours in the cockpit, all on the back side of the clock, a only-god-knows-how-recent Altimeter setting, etc....just pick one of the above and nobody wants that. Now throw in all of them...sure we do it all the time, etc etc blah blah but we still need to be cognizant of the risks we take sometimes.

anyway, ranting.

God bless to the crew and my official stance is lets wait for NTSB final report.

side note (stupid question?) do the USA Jet DC-9's have GPS?

 

[Windsor]

Very sad news. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved.

 

[LR25]

USAJet has some of the hardest working guys in flying, we hungout in LRD a bunch, walking around in the mall, getting coffee or eating at Taco Palenca, he was very nice and laid back. I raise my glass to both of you.

 

[wlacy]

My deepest condolences are given to the families of the crew.

I'm very relieved at the absence of monday-morning-quarterbacking so prevalent on threads of this nature.

 

[vballindaytona]

Ameristar Lear 20 series did

 

[clr4theapch]

I share the same sentiment as all here.. I did not know him in person but on FI, we PMed about RC aircraft we liked to fly.. Good Speed to His Family... and quick recovery to the FO..

 

[cruxx@9]

I also flew with the Captain a few times during my time at USA Jet. A great guy that will be missed. A very sad day indeed.

Godspeed

 

[kingaira90]

side note (stupid question?) do the USA Jet DC-9's have GPS?

yes. gps, egpws, taws etc. -kingaira90

 

[Freight Dog]

My condolences to all of USA Jet pilots, friends and families. It is always heart-breaking to hear news like this.

 

[Justthefacts]

Terrible news

Personally MMIO and many of the other airports in MX are very dangerous. PERIOD.. I don't care how many times you have been to each one.

Even worse in Honduras and other places too,,, MX, Central America and South America flying is nothing to be taken lightly.

As far as the media and what they say,,, who cares because all they do is speculate,,, IT is a tragedy. Maybe they should do something useful like raise money for the families.

I am not sure what they had for TAWS or the database but most likely had to have a GPS for it. None the less it does not make it any safer. Raw data at night in the mountains is DANGEROUS.,

God Bless them and their families. I am truly saddened to hear of this loss,,,,

 

[satpak77]

yes. gps, egpws, taws etc. -kingaira90

ok thanks

new image from another Mex newspaper

http://www.zocalo.com.mx/kompressor/avion6jul08.gif

and another

http://avherald.com/img/usjet_n199us_mmio_080706_1.jpg

from the images it looks like the cockpit back to mid-section remained somewhat intact after the crash. The rest of the airplane is pretty much destroyed as far as the pictures seem to indicate