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23rd Mar 2009, 00:24
must've been a stretched version..:8 :eek:
'Numerous children' dead in US plane crash
* March 23, 2009 - 11:08AM
A small plane has crashed while approaching an airport in Montana, killing 17 people, including many children, US authorities say.
"We think that it was probably a ski trip for the kids," Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus said.
The single engine turboprop plane crashed about 152 metres from the airport in Butte while attempting to land, he said.
The aircraft had departed from Orville, California, and the pilot had filed a flight plan showing a destination of Bozeman. But the pilot cancelled his flight plan at some point and headed for Butte, Mr Fergus said.
The plane was registered to Eagle Cap Leasing Inc in Enterprise, Oregon, Mr Fergus said. He did not know who was operating the plane.
Calls to local authorities were not returned.
Mr Fergus said the Pilatus PC-12 aircraft was manufactured in 2001. He said the National Transportation Safety Board has an investigator located in Butte. The FAA's flight standards investigator was en route.
There were no known casualties on the ground.
AP
'Numerous children' dead in US plane crash
* March 23, 2009 - 11:08AM
A small plane has crashed while approaching an airport in Montana, killing 17 people, including many children, US authorities say.
"We think that it was probably a ski trip for the kids," Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus said.
The single engine turboprop plane crashed about 152 metres from the airport in Butte while attempting to land, he said.
The aircraft had departed from Orville, California, and the pilot had filed a flight plan showing a destination of Bozeman. But the pilot cancelled his flight plan at some point and headed for Butte, Mr Fergus said.
The plane was registered to Eagle Cap Leasing Inc in Enterprise, Oregon, Mr Fergus said. He did not know who was operating the plane.
Calls to local authorities were not returned.
Mr Fergus said the Pilatus PC-12 aircraft was manufactured in 2001. He said the National Transportation Safety Board has an investigator located in Butte. The FAA's flight standards investigator was en route.
There were no known casualties on the ground.
AP