RSSSmall Plane Carrying 6 People Crashes Off Puerto Rico Coast … 5 Passengers & Pilot Aboard were Americans
A Cessna 206, single engine plane chartered by Tropical Aviation Corp., carrying 6 passengers has crashed off the north coast of Puerto Rico and into the Atlantic Ocean. According to reports, the 5 missing passengers and the pilot were all Americans. The plane was traveling from the Casa de Campo International Airport in the Dominican Republic to San Juan, PR. There have been no reports of finding any survivors at this time.
Cessna 206 Likeness, not actual plane
Authorities located a debris field off the northwestern city of Quebradillas, and helicopters and boats have been searching for survivors, Coast Guard spokesman Ricardo Castrodad said.
The missing pilot and all five passengers are U.S. citizens, Castrodad said.
Witnesses reported seeing an explosion on the plane before it crashed around nightfall Sunday about a half-mile (a kilometer) offshore, police spokeswoman Jessica Cardona said.
Rescue crews were hoping the search for survivors would become easier after daybreak.
UPDATE I: In another tragic plane crash story … Plane Crashes in Amazon on Way to Birthday Party; 24 Dead
Miracle on the Hudson: US Airway Plane Crashes into Hudson River … Amazing All Aboard Survive
It is being touted as The Miracle on the Hudson, a US Airways plane en route from LaGuardia Airport in NYC for Charlotte, NC crashed into the Hudson River and all 155 passengers survived and were pulled to safety. It is being reported that US Airlines Flight 1549 went down minutes after takeoff after a collision with a flock of birds apparently knocked out both engines.
You Tube Hat Tip: The Gateway Pundit
A US Airways pilot ditched his disabled jetliner into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after a collision with a flock of birds apparently knocked out both engines, but officials said rescuers pulled all 155 people on board into boats as the plane sank.
There were no immediate reports of any serious injuries.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an experienced pilot, said it appeared the pilot did “a masterful job of landing the plane in the river and then making sure everybody got out.” And Gov. David Patterson pronounced it “a miracle on the Hudson.”
Flight 1549 went down minutes after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport for Charlotte, N.C., splashing into the river near 48th Street in midtown Manhattan.
“There were eyewitness reports the plane may have flown into a flock of birds,” said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown. “Right now we don’t have any indication this was anything other than an accident.”
Hot Air and Michelle Malkin have been blogging the events with numerous updates.
UPDATE I: Miracle on the Hudson … “Prepare for Impact”
“Prepare for impact!” was all the pilot of the US Airways airplane told the passengers before making an emergency landing in the Hudson River Thursday afternoon.
Longer Safer Runways at Reina Beatrix Airport in Aruba … What Took You So Long?
It is nice to see Aruba finally got around to making sure that their runways were safe for tourists as airplanes land and take off. Just how many planes have taken off and landed from Reina Beatrix airport with what would have been the shorter runway?
“The most important objective was extending the runways, so that extra safety zones are created. These safety zones are for aircrafts that have trouble during take off and landing”
Safety zones for aircrafts that have trouble during take off and landing? Important objective? If it was so important, why was this not done years ago, like say the 1980’s?
Longer runways ready
ORANJESTAD – The project for safer runways of the Reina Beatrix airport is officially complete. The runways are now 60 meters longer and better illuminated. The total cost of this project called Runway End Safety Area & Safety Approach Lighting System is more than 13 million florins. Aruba Airport Authority (AAA) started with this project in November of 2007. “The most important objective was extending the runways, so that extra safety zones are created. These safety zones are for aircrafts that have trouble during take off and landing”, said Peter Steinmetz, director of AAA. (Amigoe: July 1, 2008)
Tragic Plane Crash in Panama Leaves 3 Dead; Michael Klein, 37, Talia Klein, 13, and pilot Edwin Lasso, 23. One Surviver
The small plane carrier Michael Klein, 37, Talia Klein, 13, Francesca Lewis, 12, and pilot Edwin Lasso, 23, had first gone missing over the weekend in Panama. Then the tragic news came upon the search and recovery as 3 people were found dead and 1 survivor.
Michael Klein, 37, Talia Klein, 13, and pilot Edwin Lasso, 23, were found dead in an uninhabited region of Panama known as Las Ovejas, about 270 miles west of the capital, the civil protection agency said.
Posted December 26, 2007 by Scared Monkeys Child Welfare, Deceased, Missing Persons, Plane Crash, Search and Recovery | no comments |
Wife of Missing Steve Fossett Asks Court to Declare him Dead
The wife of missing millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett asked the court today to 
legally declare him dead. Attorney Michael A. LoVallo filed the motion today in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of the Fossett family. 63 year old Steve Fossett went missing on September 3, 2007 after he took off in his single engine plane from an airstrip near Yerington, Nevada. The request to declare Steve Fossett dead is the first step in the process of resolving the multi-millionaires estate surpassing eight figures in liquid assets and other holdings.
The request was a step toward resolving the legal status of Fossett’s estate, which according to court papers is “vast, surpassing eight figures in liquid assets, various entities and real estate,” LoVallo said.
Fossett, 63, disappeared Sept. 3 after taking off in a single-engine plane from an airstrip near Yerington, Nev., heading toward Bishop, Calif.
Fossett was on a pleasure flight and not looking for a dry lake to use as a surface on which to set the world land speed record, as was initially reported, according to the petition filed on behalf of Peggy V. Fossett.
He did not have a parachute, nor did he take a watch that had a transponder and could have sent out a distress signal, the petition said. There was a transponder aboard but no signal was received. (Yahoo News)
Posted November 26, 2007 by Scared Monkeys Celebrity, Deceased, Missing Persons, Plane Crash | 5 comments |
Scared Monkeys Radio Daily Commentary – Friday, October 5, 2007 – Don Imus Returns To The Airwaves
- Dana comments on the return of Imus, and its relevance in relation to recent high-profile broadcaster litigation.
Download and Comment at the all new ScaredMonkeysRadio.Com
Millionaire Adventurer Steve Fossett is Missing in Nevada … Plane missing
Steve Fossett, the millionaire adventurer who has done some many death defying aviation acts and has set so many records is missing in the Nevada desert. His single engine plane is reported missing. Fossett was last reportedly seen taking off from the private airfield at the Flying M Ranch near Yerington, Nevada, on Monday evening.
Read more and get updates at MissingExploited.
Miracle Escape for Passengers Aboard China Airlines in Okinawa
Miracle Aboard China Airlines
Its a miracle. All 165 passengers aboard a China Airlines Boeing 737-800 that slid off the runway and exploded upon landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan survived. Simple amazing, that all could have survived will no real injuries.
Daily Commentary – Tuesday April 17th, 2007 – Family Finds Closure After WWII Flyer ID’ed
Dana discusses how:
- Family Finds Closure After WWII Flyer ID’ed
Air Force 1st Lt. Archibald Kelly’s Remains ID’d after 63 Years
Standard Podcast [2:10m]: Download
Remembering 9/11 Five Years Later … We Will Never Forget
Five years later after the terrible attack on innocent people who’s only guilt was being at work or traveling on a plane … we will always remember them fondly. We will never forget.
America, do not ever forget
September 11, 2001 was an attempt by misguided, fanatical muslim fundamentalist terrorists to alter the way of life of Americans. To have us live in fear and to divide us. Although we are now more aware, we are one. Five years later we remember that terrible day and vow never to let the terrorists win. We remember watching the events unveil on TV in disbelief, first one plane hitting the World Trade Center Tower and then the second.
We realized that such an action could never be forgotten … for those who forget history are only destine to repeat it.
We honor the brave heros of 9/11 and the innocent victims who perished in the World Trade center Towers, in the Pentagon and on Flight 93 giving up their lives to save other. God Bless you all.
Mourners in Pennsylvania remember those who died aboard United Flight 93.
(United Flight 93, Lets Roll)
At 8:46:40, American 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.39 All on board, along with an unknown number of people in the tower, were killed instantly.
(American Flight 11)
We think back upon that fateful day and remember where we were, what we were doing and how we reacted when we heard the news of the 
unthinkable. So many people lost for no reason other than for the actions of insane terrorists. Innocent lives lost who just were guilty of being at work. So many lives lost, many of whom you or I may know either first hand or through others.
Here is a look back in comparison to the events of that day, September 11, 2001 and today in pictures in how the landscape has changed.
At Ground Zero, President George W. Bush honors those fallen as there was a 9/11 “Moment of Silence”.
After all the horror, senseless death, pain, grief and continues sorrow that arose from September 11, 2001 … we remember the brave souls in the Twin Towers, at The Pentagon and aboard Flight 93. We remember the police, firefighters, first responders and people who just dropped what they were doing to help. We honor them all … HEROS ALL.
God Bless every one of you.
Please also go to Wizbang as they have a tremendous array of 9/11 information and round up.
Posted September 11, 2006 by Scared Monkeys 9/11, Deceased, Homeland Security, Plane Crash, War on Terror | 2 comments |
