Crash at Brum
Crash at Brum
Joined: Nov 2001
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From: Essex
From the Beeb...
Four people are feared dead after a private jet crashed while taking off from Birmingham International Airport.
One other person remains unaccounted for, according to West Midlands Fire Service.
Three crew and two passengers are understood to have been on board the aircraft, a nine-seater Challenger.
Initial reports say the plane clipped its wings on take-off.
A full-scale emergency response is now under way on runway 15 at the airport.
Emergency crews were alerted to the incident at 1210, a fire service spokesman added.
More soon.
Four people are feared dead after a private jet crashed while taking off from Birmingham International Airport.
One other person remains unaccounted for, according to West Midlands Fire Service.
Three crew and two passengers are understood to have been on board the aircraft, a nine-seater Challenger.
Initial reports say the plane clipped its wings on take-off.
A full-scale emergency response is now under way on runway 15 at the airport.
Emergency crews were alerted to the incident at 1210, a fire service spokesman added.
More soon.
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Condolences to the families of those who lost their lives
Condolences to the families of those who lost their lives
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From: PlanetX
DROGNA
Stop messing about and post the Reg. please. Any accident is very sad but you might help put the minds of those of us who have mates who drive 604's at rest. If you've got information then please post it, that's what pprune is for. I'm off to TFS in a minute and don't want to spend the next few hours wondering.
Stop messing about and post the Reg. please. Any accident is very sad but you might help put the minds of those of us who have mates who drive 604's at rest. If you've got information then please post it, that's what pprune is for. I'm off to TFS in a minute and don't want to spend the next few hours wondering.
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From: England
Witness states "One of it's wings clipped the runway on takeoff"
Could this suggest loss of horizontal control at rotation ?
Very safe planes these, but have been known to suffer uncommanded roll on a couple of occasions.
We shall see in time.
[ 04 January 2002: Message edited by: markbingo ]</p>
Could this suggest loss of horizontal control at rotation ?
Very safe planes these, but have been known to suffer uncommanded roll on a couple of occasions.
We shall see in time.
[ 04 January 2002: Message edited by: markbingo ]</p>
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From: UK
Terrible news.
For those interested, this is the aircraft at BHX in Jan 2001.
<a href="http://www.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/open.file?id=133421" target="_blank">N90AG</a>
As said earlier, a sad day.
DROGNA, I understand you not wanting to put the details up on here of the aircraft but as CaptX said, it would alleviate any further grief over worries of friends who fly the type. Thankyou Curious Pax.
[ 05 January 2002: Message edited by: Bright-Ling ]</p>
For those interested, this is the aircraft at BHX in Jan 2001.
<a href="http://www.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/open.file?id=133421" target="_blank">N90AG</a>
As said earlier, a sad day.
DROGNA, I understand you not wanting to put the details up on here of the aircraft but as CaptX said, it would alleviate any further grief over worries of friends who fly the type. Thankyou Curious Pax.
[ 05 January 2002: Message edited by: Bright-Ling ]</p>