Video: Seaplane crashes into Shanghai bridge on maiden flight, killing 5

[krautland]

It was a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX and the pilot is reported to have had 30k hours.

http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2016-07-20/doc-ifxuapvs8930962.shtml

Seaplane crashes into Shanghai bridge on maiden flight, killing 5: Shanghaiist (http://shanghaiist.com/2016/07/21/shanghai_seaplane_crash.php)

http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1501329

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20160720-0

[rigpiggy]

30k hrs on an autopilot has no bearing on how to fly a floatplane. Dummy hit the bridge 9 seconds into a the takeoff run. Stupidity verging on criminal

[Evanelpus]

I certainly wouldn't want to be so close to a bridge during a take off run on a maiden flight....derrrr!