Air Midwest Beech 1900 crashes into hangar at Charlotte-Douglas
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Air Midwest Beech 1900 crashes into hangar at Charlotte-Douglas
From CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/01/...ash/index.html
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (CNN) -- An Air Midwest commuter plane with 19 people on board crashed on takeoff into a hangar Wednesday at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina.
Plumes of gray smoke could be seen rising from a hangar.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was Air Midwest Flight 5481 and was on its way to the Greenville-Spartanburg Jetport in South Carolina.
There was no immediate word on injuries or deaths.
The plane struck the side of the hangar.
A wall of the hangar was covered with black smoke.
The FAA said the aircraft is a Beech 1900, a turboprop aircraft. The airlines' Web site says it operates as US Airways Express.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/01/...ash/index.html
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (CNN) -- An Air Midwest commuter plane with 19 people on board crashed on takeoff into a hangar Wednesday at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina.
Plumes of gray smoke could be seen rising from a hangar.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was Air Midwest Flight 5481 and was on its way to the Greenville-Spartanburg Jetport in South Carolina.
There was no immediate word on injuries or deaths.
The plane struck the side of the hangar.
A wall of the hangar was covered with black smoke.
The FAA said the aircraft is a Beech 1900, a turboprop aircraft. The airlines' Web site says it operates as US Airways Express.
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Commuter Aircraft down at Charlotte.
Sky News just reporting a Commuter aircraft crashed on take off from Charlotte Douglas Airport en route to Greensville has crashed into a hangar at the airport.
T.V. journos in full speculation mode!!.
No news on casualties.Fingers crossed but the crash site looks a mess.
NJR.
T.V. journos in full speculation mode!!.
No news on casualties.Fingers crossed but the crash site looks a mess.
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The Charlotte Observer reports
"Charlotte-Douglas officials are planning to conduct a news conference at 10 a.m. The runway where the accident happened is shut down but the airport is not closed at this time. "
Condolences and prayers to those aboard and their friends and family.
"Charlotte-Douglas officials are planning to conduct a news conference at 10 a.m. The runway where the accident happened is shut down but the airport is not closed at this time. "
Condolences and prayers to those aboard and their friends and family.
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Fox News reporting live have just stated that all 19 passengers and 2 flight crew have not survived the crash. Eye witnesses are reporting that the a/c appeared to attain a very high nose up attitude just after take off and then rolled ont its back before crashing into a hangar at the airport.
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USA Today(14:41GMT) are reporting flight en route to Lynchburg, VA. Regretably, reports no survivors.
NBC(15:00GMT) live telecast reporting single runway operation only.
NBC(15:00GMT) live telecast reporting single runway operation only.
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Police report no survivors. Eyewitnesses (usual caveats) report acft 'went up like the space shuttle' on TO, 'rolled on it's back and crashed'.
Sympathies to all.
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Police report no survivors. Eyewitnesses (usual caveats) report acft 'went up like the space shuttle' on TO, 'rolled on it's back and crashed'.
Sympathies to all.
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While my deepest sympathies go out to all those touched by this incident - isn't it getting just a little annoying that the swarming media cry 'terrorism' every time one of these tragedies occur. Don't know yet whether it was or not, but surely the lives lost are more important, at this and at all stages, than the reason it occured. Three people died close to me last weekend in a car crash - all over the media, but with genuine concern for the victims. If it had happened in a light a/c I'm pretty sure the headlines would have had a slightly different tone.
Sorry...rant over.
Sorry...rant over.
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BBC World is reporting it as a US Airways Commutter jet, but once in the report refered to the plane as a turboprop.
The Washington reporter, Ms Katty Kay, said twice in one report that "there is a history of problems with these small commuter planes," and when asked by the anchor if the commutter fleet will be grounded she replied that the US is just too big and people need these planes to "get to work."
Ms Kay, I for one would like to know just what is the history of problems with the commuter airline fleet that you refer. I'm sure you have some actual facts to back up your report and you are not just making this up. Yeah right.
The Washington reporter, Ms Katty Kay, said twice in one report that "there is a history of problems with these small commuter planes," and when asked by the anchor if the commutter fleet will be grounded she replied that the US is just too big and people need these planes to "get to work."
Ms Kay, I for one would like to know just what is the history of problems with the commuter airline fleet that you refer. I'm sure you have some actual facts to back up your report and you are not just making this up. Yeah right.
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North Carolina crash
From the WSJ:
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- All 21 people aboard a commuter airplane were killed Wednesday when it crashed into a hangar and caught fire at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.
"There were no survivors," said airport director Jerry Orr. He said the plane had 19 passengers and two crew members.
"The plane is so destroyed there's not much to see," said police spokesman Keith Bridges. "The debris is in such bad shape."
A spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation said there were no preliminary indications of terrorism in the crash.
Christopher White of the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was flight 5481 of Air Midwest, operating for US Airways Express. It crashed in windy weather as it took off bound for the Greenville-Spartanburg airport in Greer, S.C., an FAA spokeswoman said.
The plane was a twin-engine Beech 1900 turboprop, US Airways said.
The eight-year-old plane was one of about 50 operated by Mesa Air Lines, parent of Air Midwest, said US Airways Group. The plane had been flown 15,000 hours and performed 21,000 takeoffs and landings. Mesa is a unit of Mesa Air Group Inc.
The plane veered into a hangar, and witnesses told WCNC-TV it came down on its back. Video from the scene after the crash showed smoldering wreckage and a charred side of the hangar.
Mr. Orr, the airport director, said other people feared missing on the ground had been found alive and uninjured. No one inside the hangar, which was a US Air maintenance facility, was injured, he said.
"The airplane just barely hit one corner of the hangar," Mr. Orr said. "We don't know what happened other than it was unable to maintain altitude."
The airport was shut down temporarily after crash about 8:45 a.m., but operations were resuming by 10:30 a.m.
"We clearly are deeply concerned about this event, about our crews and our passengers," Jonathan Ornstein, a Mesa spokesman said from the company's headquarters in Phoenix. "I can only express our greatest sympathy, my personal sympathy, to all those involved."
Last year, no one died aboard a passenger or cargo airliner in the U.S., the third time in a decade that a year went by without a fatality on a commercial plane, according to the FAA.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- All 21 people aboard a commuter airplane were killed Wednesday when it crashed into a hangar and caught fire at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.
"There were no survivors," said airport director Jerry Orr. He said the plane had 19 passengers and two crew members.
"The plane is so destroyed there's not much to see," said police spokesman Keith Bridges. "The debris is in such bad shape."
A spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation said there were no preliminary indications of terrorism in the crash.
Christopher White of the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was flight 5481 of Air Midwest, operating for US Airways Express. It crashed in windy weather as it took off bound for the Greenville-Spartanburg airport in Greer, S.C., an FAA spokeswoman said.
The plane was a twin-engine Beech 1900 turboprop, US Airways said.
The eight-year-old plane was one of about 50 operated by Mesa Air Lines, parent of Air Midwest, said US Airways Group. The plane had been flown 15,000 hours and performed 21,000 takeoffs and landings. Mesa is a unit of Mesa Air Group Inc.
The plane veered into a hangar, and witnesses told WCNC-TV it came down on its back. Video from the scene after the crash showed smoldering wreckage and a charred side of the hangar.
Mr. Orr, the airport director, said other people feared missing on the ground had been found alive and uninjured. No one inside the hangar, which was a US Air maintenance facility, was injured, he said.
"The airplane just barely hit one corner of the hangar," Mr. Orr said. "We don't know what happened other than it was unable to maintain altitude."
The airport was shut down temporarily after crash about 8:45 a.m., but operations were resuming by 10:30 a.m.
"We clearly are deeply concerned about this event, about our crews and our passengers," Jonathan Ornstein, a Mesa spokesman said from the company's headquarters in Phoenix. "I can only express our greatest sympathy, my personal sympathy, to all those involved."
Last year, no one died aboard a passenger or cargo airliner in the U.S., the third time in a decade that a year went by without a fatality on a commercial plane, according to the FAA.
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Air Midwest and Mesa
Both Companies belong to the same PHOENIX Mesa Air Group, Inc but fly under their own identities.
"Incident Involving US Airways Express Flight 5481 Operated by Air Midwest, Inc.
PHOENIX Mesa Air Group, Inc. confirms that US Airways Express flight 5481, operated by Air Midwest, Inc., which is a wholly own subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, has been involved in an accident at Charlotte, NC. The aircraft was a 19 passenger Raytheon 1900D enroute from Charlotte to Greenville/Spartanburg, SC. There were 19 passengers and a crew of 2 on board. Authorities advise us at this time, they believe there are no survivors.
“We are deeply saddened by today’s event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and crew of flight 5481. We are working with the NTSB and other agencies in the investigation of this accident,” said Jonathan Ornstein Chairman & CEO of Mesa Air Group.
US Airways has established a special toll-free telephone number to call for information about those on board Flight 5481. The number is 1-800-679-8215. "
My condolances to all of the family and friends of the victims of flight 5481.
"Incident Involving US Airways Express Flight 5481 Operated by Air Midwest, Inc.
PHOENIX Mesa Air Group, Inc. confirms that US Airways Express flight 5481, operated by Air Midwest, Inc., which is a wholly own subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, has been involved in an accident at Charlotte, NC. The aircraft was a 19 passenger Raytheon 1900D enroute from Charlotte to Greenville/Spartanburg, SC. There were 19 passengers and a crew of 2 on board. Authorities advise us at this time, they believe there are no survivors.
“We are deeply saddened by today’s event. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and crew of flight 5481. We are working with the NTSB and other agencies in the investigation of this accident,” said Jonathan Ornstein Chairman & CEO of Mesa Air Group.
US Airways has established a special toll-free telephone number to call for information about those on board Flight 5481. The number is 1-800-679-8215. "
My condolances to all of the family and friends of the victims of flight 5481.
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isn't it getting just a little annoying that the swarming media cry 'terrorism' every time one of these tragedies occur.
short flights long nights
I saw the same BBC World report. The "reporter?" talked about "small aircraft" "known problems with small aircraft" "no it would be too hard to ground the fleet as people here dont use busses to go to work, they need aircraft" and the classic "Aircraft in the USA are maintained to a required standard" (So am I to assume that in the rest of the Western World they are not?)As I have said before on this forum, IF THIS IS THE STANDARD OF REPORTING, WHEN WE KNOW SOME FACTS ABOUT THE SUBJECT, GOD HELP US WHEN IT COMES TO THE REST OF THE "NEWS"
My thoughts are with all the families and staff of the airline. May you all have strength, and may your God, who ever you concieve him to be, be with you.
Regards SOPS
