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12 killed in Costa Rica plane crash
CNN ^
| 12/31/2017
Posted on 12/31/2017 2:12:59 PM PST by BenLurkin
The private aircraft was carrying 10 foreign passengers and two Costa Rican crew members, the ministry said.
The crash occurred near Punta Islita, in Costa Rica's Guanacaste province, officials said. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash. Authorities said they were traveling to the area to recover the victims' bodies.
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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: caravan; cessna; cessna208; cessna208caravan; costarica; crash; natureair; planecrash; punta; puntaislita; tourists
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posted on
12/31/2017 2:13:00 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
Nature Air single-propeller Cessna 208 Caravan
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posted on
12/31/2017 2:14:10 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/31/2017 2:17:12 PM PST
by
Reno89519
(PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
To: BenLurkin
Presumably vacationing tourists.
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posted on
12/31/2017 2:24:04 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: BenLurkin
Crash site in the northwest, where it appears, at least currently, in the clear. But, perhaps the weather currently on the east coast was more west earlier Sunday...
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posted on
12/31/2017 2:26:09 PM PST
by
C210N
(It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
To: Aaron0617
Sad to hear. Almost 20 tourist killed in South America the last two weeks. Not including the poor guy robbed and killed the other day.
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posted on
12/31/2017 2:32:56 PM PST
by
Aaron0617
To: Reno89519
No, you’re thinking of Isla Sorna. That’s site “B”.
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posted on
12/31/2017 2:41:36 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(At one time I held the world record as the worlds youngest person on the planet.)
To: BenLurkin
Are we sure no Clintonistas were Arkanicided?
To: BenLurkin
My wife flew this ‘airline’ a few years ago. The wing was partially secured with duct tape and the engine kept cutting out in flight - pilot kept on manually restarting it. She took the bus back. Not too surprising they had a crash.
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posted on
12/31/2017 3:26:35 PM PST
by
jimnm
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/31/2017 3:55:15 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: jimnm
I've been on plenty of questionable planes in my time, everything from Air Algeria (which weren't capable of doing instrument navigation) to Aeroflot in the USSR to Faucett in Peru to little prop planes in Zambia.
Even so, flying is still far safer than being on the highways in many places. Stuff happens... sad when it does.
To: Reno89519
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posted on
12/31/2017 4:28:28 PM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/31/2017 6:12:20 PM PST
by
SMGFan
(Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
12/31/2017 6:14:35 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Gravity rears it’s ugly head. Sigh.
To: SMGFan
Investment banker and wife who was prominent in Jewish charitable foundation both killed, along with their 3 sons.
British CEO millionaire also just killed with his family in Australia plane crash.
To: binreadin
Be careful who you fly with.
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posted on
01/01/2018 1:11:42 PM PST
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
To: CincyRichieRich
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