1 killed when business jet encounters severe turbulence
 

AP reports: WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) — A business jet was buffeted by severe turbulence over New England, causing a rare passenger death and forcing the aircraft to divert to Bradley International Airport in Connecticut, officials said Saturday.

Five people were aboard the Bombardier executive jet that was shaken by turbulence late Friday afternoon while traveling from Keene, New Hampshire, to Leesburg, Virginia, said Sarah Sulick, a spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board.

The extent of the damage to the aircraft was unclear and the NTSB did not provide details including whether the victim was wearing a seatbelt.

The jet is owned by Conexon, a company based in Kansas City, Missouri, according to a Federal Aviation Administration database. The company, which brings high-speed internet to rural communities, declined comment Saturday.

NTSB investigators were interviewing the two crew members and surviving passengers as part of a probe into the deadly encounter with turbulence, Sulick said. The jet’s cockpit voice and data recorders were sent to NTSB headquarters for analysis, she said.

https://apnews.com/article/turbulenc...7683ea26a0e855

Nothing remarkable on LiveATC. N300ER (AirShare 300) took a visual approach into RW6 at KBDL and requested medical services at the FBO. Flight track shows a substantial drop in airspeed at around 23,500 ft, 9 mins into flight. Divert was 2 minutes later at 25,000 ft.

Juan Browne (blancolirio) just posted on YT.

This one will make the Lawyers rich - unfortunately.

1. Inadequate pre-flight
2. Didn't read the Go/No Go list
3. Ran the wrong checklist in flight

Both pilots very low experience on type.
https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/a...ort/106816/pdf