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UK Aircraft Pyrenees Crash Spain
MADRID, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and the other is missing after a light aircraft crashed in the Basque Region in northern Spain on Wednesday, according to rescue services. The accident happened at around 14:00 p.m. local time on the 1,078-meter high Mount Hernio, in the province of Gipuzkoa, which was covered in mist at the time. A local resident heard an explosion and informed the Basque regional police. Nationality of the two people on board remains unknown. The aircraft involved in the accident was reported as a UK registered Piper, which had taken off from the Portuguese town of Cascais earlier in the day on-route to the airport at Hondarribia, which is close to the border between Spain and France. Rescue services were quickly on the scene, although the work of a rescue helicopter was severely limited by the adverse weather conditions. The burned out wreckage of the plate was discovered at around 15:45 p.m. local time along with the body of one of the two on board. The search for the second person had to be suspended shortly after 18:00 p.m. due to the lack of light. The area around the crash site has been sealed off by investigators. Rescue services will renew their search for the second person on Thursday, although there is little hope of finding them alive. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....11fe89b22.jpeg ei https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....9fdc8adb17.jpg This looks like a tragic CFIT Pyrenees accident. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....46a205b66.jpeg https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hes-Spain.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-...eared-13837197 |
Second body found this morning.
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https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e46870082.jpeg Looks like it may be Shoreham based ex Cabair Arrow. |
Reminds me of Neil Williams' tragic crash.
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Originally Posted by Mike Flynn
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Looks like it may be Shoreham based ex Cabair Arrow.
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Been into that airfield a couple of times for a stopover, wouldn't want to do it in anything but good conditions. The proverbial "box canyon".
Poor folks. |
Originally Posted by piperboy84
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Been into that airfield a couple of times for a stopover, wouldn't want to do it in anything but good conditions. The proverbial "box canyon".
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RIP David, sad loss of very experienced chaps - Banner 1
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Originally Posted by broadreach
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Hondarribia/San Sebastian a box canyon??
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Tragic.
Do we know if either of the pilots were instrument rated? |
Know the area quite well although never flew it. The weather can change so quickly one minute you are driving in bright sunlight then all of a sudden you are in thick fog. Very sad but it looks like one of those let's carry on regardless moments unfortunately.
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Originally Posted by lpvapproach
(Post 10358484)
Tragic.
Do we know if either of the pilots were instrument rated? |
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....c1964fd7b.jpeg Accident site https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....cee426bb7.jpeg Cockpit picture 9.35 am on the day of the accident To quote the Daily Telegraph. In a recording of what is thought to have been the pair's final communication with air traffic control before they crashed, they were heard discussing a change in their route when flying in foggy conditions. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....8475d8733.jpeg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e2dedef91.jpeg The Piper PA-28 plane took off from Cascais, southern Portugal, and was heading towards Hondarribia airfield in northern Spain when it crashed in misty conditions on the 3,500ft Hernio mountain early on Wednesday afternoon. |
Nice ALT warning light combined with an ammeter (to be more precise, an alternator load meter) that is on/near the bottom stop.
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Originally Posted by Cows getting bigger
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Nice ALT warning light combined with an ammeter (to be more precise, an alternator load meter) that is on/near the bottom stop.
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Or they pressed-on with no electrics. None of us have a crystal ball. |
Originally Posted by Cows getting bigger
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Or they pressed-on with no electrics. |
Originally Posted by piperboy84
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It certainly felt like it for an amatuer like myself coming in off the sea in gusty conditions. I guess it's irrelevant as these poor chaps hit the mountain several miles inland. I've done a few hops over the mountains between San Sebastian and Pamplona and there's not many, if any, places i'd want to try and put it down in. Again a tragedy for all involved.
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Weather for the day of the accident. SA 09/01/2019 14:00-> METAR LESO 091400Z 04003KT 010V100 9999 BKN045 09/04 Q1026= SA 09/01/2019 13:30-> METAR LESO 091330Z 07003KT 020V100 9999 BKN045 09/04 Q1026= SA 09/01/2019 13:00-> METAR LESO 091300Z 08003G14KT 020V150 9999 BKN045 09/04 Q1027= SA 09/01/2019 12:30-> METAR LESO 091230Z 09004KT 040V120 9999 BKN045 08/04 Q1027= SA 09/01/2019 12:00-> METAR LESO 091200Z 06004KT 010V100 9999 BKN040 08/05 Q1028= SA 09/01/2019 11:30-> METAR LESO 091130Z 08004KT 030V110 9999 BKN040 09/05 Q1028= SA 09/01/2019 11:00-> METAR LESO 091100Z 10003KT 060V150 9999 BKN040 08/05 Q1028= SA 09/01/2019 10:30-> METAR LESO 091030Z 07004KT 040V100 9999 BKN027 09/05 Q1029= SA 09/01/2019 10:00-> METAR LESO 091000Z VRB02KT 9999 SCT017 BKN027 08/05 Q1028= SA 09/01/2019 09:30-> METAR LESO 090930Z 07008KT 9999 BKN017 09/06 Q1028= SA 09/01/2019 09:00-> METAR LESO 090900Z 06009KT 030V100 9999 BKN013 09/07 Q1028= SA 09/01/2019 08:30-> METAR LESO 090830Z 06010KT 9999 SCT010 BKN015 09/07 Q1027= SA 09/01/2019 08:00-> METAR LESO 090800Z 29005KT 240V340 9999 SCT015 BKN030 11/07 Q1027= |
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