Aircraft ditched off Whitby, Teeside UK
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Aircraft ditched off Whitby, Teeside UK
Has anyone heard about this? Possible ditching after mayday heard this afternoon... ? Apparently oilslick seen afterwards...
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Falsey.
The "idiotic" moderator probably moved this to the appropriate place in the Private Flying forum because this is, after all, the PROFESSIONAL pilot's rumour netwwork, and a PA28 plummeting into Robin Hood's Bay with rescuers called off after wreckage found on the bottom is as unlikely to be a Professional/Commercial accident as it is to yeild survivors...
The "idiotic" moderator probably moved this to the appropriate place in the Private Flying forum because this is, after all, the PROFESSIONAL pilot's rumour netwwork, and a PA28 plummeting into Robin Hood's Bay with rescuers called off after wreckage found on the bottom is as unlikely to be a Professional/Commercial accident as it is to yeild survivors...
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Search has been called off just now. Reports of them waiting til low tide at midnight to resume search. Aircraft has been found submerged but no signs of a surivour as of yet. Fingers Crossed they do
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Yes sadly it seems that it was a PA38 that is based here at Durham Tees - it is believed there was only 1 POB at the time of the accident. Unfortunately no news on any survivor being found yet and although we would like to think otherwise, I fear it is now unlikely that they will find anyone 
The aircraft went down around 1615 just off the coast of Robin Hoods Bay, which is when the mayday was heard. There were many aircraft searching for the wreckage, which was found at 1739 by the Police helicopter from Newcastle. It would seem that the aircraft broke up on impact which suggests it wasn't a controlled (forced) landing into the water
A sad sad day for aviation in our area! Our thoughts are with the pilot and family!
The aircraft went down around 1615 just off the coast of Robin Hoods Bay, which is when the mayday was heard. There were many aircraft searching for the wreckage, which was found at 1739 by the Police helicopter from Newcastle. It would seem that the aircraft broke up on impact which suggests it wasn't a controlled (forced) landing into the water
A sad sad day for aviation in our area! Our thoughts are with the pilot and family!
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Divers recover crash pilot's body
BBC News Report / A very sad outcome.
The body of a man has been found by police divers near the wreckage of a light aircraft which crashed off the coast of North Yorkshire.
The two-seater plane, a 38 Piper, was seen coming down into the sea close to Robin Hood's Bay on Friday afternoon.
The body, which was recovered on Saturday afternoon, is thought to be the pilot from the Teesside area. He was the only person on board.
The body has been taken to Scarborough Hospital to be formally identified.
A major search was launched on Friday night when the plane was seen crashing into the water.
Humber Coastguard said the person on board had transmitted a Mayday message before the plane crashed.
The body of a man has been found by police divers near the wreckage of a light aircraft which crashed off the coast of North Yorkshire.
The two-seater plane, a 38 Piper, was seen coming down into the sea close to Robin Hood's Bay on Friday afternoon.
The body, which was recovered on Saturday afternoon, is thought to be the pilot from the Teesside area. He was the only person on board.
The body has been taken to Scarborough Hospital to be formally identified.
A major search was launched on Friday night when the plane was seen crashing into the water.
Humber Coastguard said the person on board had transmitted a Mayday message before the plane crashed.
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falsey, you are right and agaricus is wrong. Unfortunately the muppets who now run this forum are under the illusion that the only way to be a professional pilot is to sit in the front end of an aluminium tube carrying SLF. Search for the thread on the Coventry crash where three professional pilots died but, because they weren't carrying the bucket and spade brigade, a very important aviation safety issue was 'relegated' to Private Flying. Narrow-minded, bigotted, arrogant muppets.
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Tomahawk fatality . . . . . . . . .
I wondered that too . . . . . . . very similar in many ways to the known suicide in the sea off Bournemouth a few years back. Very sad. I suppose just slightly less likely to be suicide if a genuine "Mayday" was heard.
AOL news report here
Body found near plane wreckage - AOL News
Not a good couple of weeks for light aviation in the UK.
AOL news report here
Body found near plane wreckage - AOL News
Not a good couple of weeks for light aviation in the UK.
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Fog Over Channel - Continent Isolated
A horrifying rash of about 20 light aircraft/helicopter accidents in Australia over the last 6 months or so.
Around 15 in Southern Africa
Several in the UK
None appear on Rumours and News, our main international pro aviation forum.
All are discussed at length in their local forums.
SOP
Rob
Around 15 in Southern Africa
Several in the UK
None appear on Rumours and News, our main international pro aviation forum.
All are discussed at length in their local forums.
SOP
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Maybe, but if the person involved had the where-with-all to think of his (assumed?) family at that point it would help with any insurance claim.
Suicide = no pay out
'Mayday' = accidental death.
I'm getting very cynical in my old age.
Sorry I don't mean to offend, but unless it was mechanical failure out of range of the coast, weather problem, spinning practice or a medical emergency just exactly how do you crash a PA-38, uncontrolled, into the sea?!
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Suicide = no pay out
'Mayday' = accidental death.
I'm getting very cynical in my old age.
Sorry I don't mean to offend, but unless it was mechanical failure out of range of the coast, weather problem, spinning practice or a medical emergency just exactly how do you crash a PA-38, uncontrolled, into the sea?!
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You may be right, but i sincerely hope it s not true.
None of us should falsly cover a suicide if we love our aviation.... Jeez just think of all the businesses sued, al the people working there, the owners....
If you want to kill yourself do it in your own plane and don t blame anyone else!
B
None of us should falsly cover a suicide if we love our aviation.... Jeez just think of all the businesses sued, al the people working there, the owners....
If you want to kill yourself do it in your own plane and don t blame anyone else!
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Sorry I don't mean to offend, but unless it was mechanical failure out of range of the coast, weather problem, spinning practice or a medical emergency just exactly how do you crash a PA-38, uncontrolled, into the sea?!
You just answered your own question.
Sorry guys but I find all this talk extremely distasteful.
The guys family might read this.
This was a terrible and no doubt avoidable (as they all are) accident until proven otherwise.
You just answered your own question.
Sorry guys but I find all this talk extremely distasteful.
The guys family might read this.
This was a terrible and no doubt avoidable (as they all are) accident until proven otherwise.
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Yep, you're right of course.
The trouble with PPruNe is that, if you're not careful, you tend to get drawn into 'clubhouse gossip'.
It'll all come out in the wash no doubt.
FOK
The trouble with PPruNe is that, if you're not careful, you tend to get drawn into 'clubhouse gossip'.
It'll all come out in the wash no doubt.
FOK