Pilot DAR
25th May 2010, 23:20
The following report presents some correct information, and the expected wildly inaccurate information about a Cirrus crash near Toronto today. Though I know nothing about the crash, and am not speculating at all, I fly regularly out of this airport, and am wondering how the pilot got this far off the runway centerline on departure, without being far from the departure point. This is Toronto's "busy" GA airport. Though there are other great Toronto airports too, this one (Buttonville) is one of the busiest in Canada.
This is not the first time an aircraft has hit a local building there. Though before you buy into the whining about airports being a danger in the middle of built up airports (I know you won't, but you know what I mean!), this airport was there long before nearly any of the buildings around it. I used to fly from there when you could pick your field in any direction after an engine failure...
here's the link, decide for yourself - there's a video with it. (oh, and the news presenter is usualy a lot sharper than she appears in this story!) - and if you're really bored, start reading the generally rediculous comments which are posted to the story. They make us at PPRuNe look like the highest order of intellect, respect and courtesy!
CBC News - Canada - Toronto-area plane crash atop building kills 2 (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/25/markham-plane-crash.html#socialcomments)
This is not the first time an aircraft has hit a local building there. Though before you buy into the whining about airports being a danger in the middle of built up airports (I know you won't, but you know what I mean!), this airport was there long before nearly any of the buildings around it. I used to fly from there when you could pick your field in any direction after an engine failure...
here's the link, decide for yourself - there's a video with it. (oh, and the news presenter is usualy a lot sharper than she appears in this story!) - and if you're really bored, start reading the generally rediculous comments which are posted to the story. They make us at PPRuNe look like the highest order of intellect, respect and courtesy!
CBC News - Canada - Toronto-area plane crash atop building kills 2 (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/25/markham-plane-crash.html#socialcomments)