Czech Citation down in Germany 14 Feb 2010
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Czech Citation down in Germany 14 Feb 2010
Cessna Citation reported down close to Dresden, Germany. As far as I understand it was positioning to Sweden to pick up passengers when it crashed....
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BERLIN - A small business jet is believed to have crashed in Germany as it was flying to Sweden from the Czech capital, Prague.
German air traffic control spokesman Axel Raab says the pilot of the Cessna 550 Citation was given clearance to climb to a higher level after entering German airspace at 8.20 p.m. (1920GMT). However, the pilot never replied and the plane then disappeared from radar screens.
Raab says wreckage has now apparently been found, but officials are still investigating. The plane was southeast of the eastern German city of Dresden when controllers had their last contact with it.
There was no immediate word on how many people were aboard or the possible cause of the accident.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press
German air traffic control spokesman Axel Raab says the pilot of the Cessna 550 Citation was given clearance to climb to a higher level after entering German airspace at 8.20 p.m. (1920GMT). However, the pilot never replied and the plane then disappeared from radar screens.
Raab says wreckage has now apparently been found, but officials are still investigating. The plane was southeast of the eastern German city of Dresden when controllers had their last contact with it.
There was no immediate word on how many people were aboard or the possible cause of the accident.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press
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Aircraft believed to be en route to Karlstad Sweden to pick up passengers, and originated in Prague, Czech Repbulic.
Pieces of wreckage have been discovered near the village Schöna (Saxon - Osterzgebirge).
The search in the rugged and rocky forest area near the Czech border was very difficult and almost impossible in the darkness, said a police spokesman.
Google translation from German news.
Pieces of wreckage have been discovered near the village Schöna (Saxon - Osterzgebirge).
The search in the rugged and rocky forest area near the Czech border was very difficult and almost impossible in the darkness, said a police spokesman.
Google translation from German news.
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Two bodies have been recovered this morning, broadcasting service MDR reports.
Sächsische Schweiz: Abgestürzte Piloten tot aufgefunden | MDR.DE
"The aircraft is (...) presumed to be a Czech taxi flight heading for Värmland to collect passengers who had been attending the Swedish Rally, according to Annika Vestregård at the Aeronautical Search and Rescue Service (ARCC) to the Aftonbladet newspaper.
The head of Karlstad airport, Peter Landmark, confirmed to Aftonbladet that the plane was heading there to collect passengers."
Plane crashes en route to Sweden - The Local
Sächsische Schweiz: Abgestürzte Piloten tot aufgefunden | MDR.DE
"The aircraft is (...) presumed to be a Czech taxi flight heading for Värmland to collect passengers who had been attending the Swedish Rally, according to Annika Vestregård at the Aeronautical Search and Rescue Service (ARCC) to the Aftonbladet newspaper.
The head of Karlstad airport, Peter Landmark, confirmed to Aftonbladet that the plane was heading there to collect passengers."
Plane crashes en route to Sweden - The Local
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Police confirmed the bodies recovered yesterday have been the Citation´s Captain and F/O from Czechia and Slovakia, respectively.
Rescue work still difficult due to mountainious and densely wooded terrain.
Rescue work still difficult due to mountainious and densely wooded terrain.
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Why? For pity's sake, why? 
There are any number of acrobatic aircraft available should you want to indulge in such antics, why chose a Citation?
Really there is no excuse today for the cowboys to be allowed this sort of indulgence. Companies should have procedures in place to weed out these pilots before they get a chance to kill themselves and others.
If they happen to be the owner of the company then pilots should be strong enough to refuse to work there. If they are not then they are as responsible for what happens as the owner.
There are any number of acrobatic aircraft available should you want to indulge in such antics, why chose a Citation?
Really there is no excuse today for the cowboys to be allowed this sort of indulgence. Companies should have procedures in place to weed out these pilots before they get a chance to kill themselves and others.
If they happen to be the owner of the company then pilots should be strong enough to refuse to work there. If they are not then they are as responsible for what happens as the owner.
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err no...read the accident prelim report...