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Plane Crash South of Kirksville (Missouri; American Connection operated by Corporate Airlines)
KTVO Television ^ | 10/19/2004 | KTVO-TV

Posted on 10/19/2004 8:33:51 PM PDT by xjcsa

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Appears to be AA5966 from STL to IRK; a Jetstream 31 operated by Corporate Airlines, and American Connection carrier.
1 posted on 10/19/2004 8:33:52 PM PDT by xjcsa
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To: xjcsa

Prayers going up...


2 posted on 10/19/2004 8:36:15 PM PDT by scott7278 (The Global Test: John Kerry for a World Fraternity)
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To: xjcsa

Wow, almost double-posted. Glad I checked first.

Prayers for those involved.


3 posted on 10/19/2004 8:37:02 PM PDT by xjcsa (voted 10/19/2004 in the battleground state of Iowa)
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In my comment, should be "*an* American Connection carrier". Hate it when people do that; hate it worse when I do.


4 posted on 10/19/2004 8:38:00 PM PDT by xjcsa (voted 10/19/2004 in the battleground state of Iowa)
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thats two that i've read about today.


5 posted on 10/19/2004 8:38:31 PM PDT by YummiBox
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I think you did double post, but that's okay because I prayed twice. You might want to hit the "abuse" button on the 10:35pm thread.


6 posted on 10/19/2004 8:40:10 PM PDT by scott7278 (The Global Test: John Kerry for a World Fraternity)
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here it is in atlanta:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1249905/posts


7 posted on 10/19/2004 8:40:48 PM PDT by YummiBox
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To: scott7278

Then I guess I almost triple posted....ouch....


8 posted on 10/19/2004 8:46:31 PM PDT by xjcsa (voted 10/19/2004 in the battleground state of Iowa)
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Corporate Airlines Jetstream 31

(I suggest people don't insert any images from Airliners.net unless they want trouble from that Euro site.)

9 posted on 10/19/2004 8:47:27 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (The price of freedom is eternal vigilance)
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On my local news report:

8 dead

2 survivors

3 missing


10 posted on 10/19/2004 8:53:58 PM PDT by Petruchio (<===Looks Sexy in a flightsuit . . . Looks Silly in a french maid outfit)
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A commuter plane crashed in a wooded area in northeastern Missouri, killing at least five of the 12 people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration in Chicago said.

The plane crashed four miles south of the Kirksville airport, where it was headed, FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said. The plane, believed to have been a Corporate Express flight, was on a regular route from St. Louis when it crashed shortly after 7:30 p.m., she said.

The last communication from the Jetstream 32 twin turboprop indicated it was on a normal approach to Kirksville Regional Airport, and there was no mention of any problems, she said.

Cory did not know whether the number of people reported on board the plane included crew members.

Kirksville is about 220 miles northwest of St. Louis.

11 posted on 10/19/2004 8:54:54 PM PDT by JellyJam (Headline of the year: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
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To: xjcsa
"Then I guess I almost triple posted....ouch...."

It happens.

12 posted on 10/19/2004 8:56:35 PM PDT by scott7278 (The Global Test: John Kerry for a World Fraternity)
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To: admin

Title should read "Kirksville" (would help with searching).


13 posted on 10/19/2004 9:01:37 PM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace (Michael <a href = "http://www.michaelmoore.com/" title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
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Commuter Plane Crashes Near Kirksville
by Greg Johnson
of the Post Dispatch
10/19/2004

An American Airlines Connection flight from St. Louis carrying 12 people to Kirksville, Mo., crashed near its destination about 7:30 Tuesday night, the second time in a week a jet crashed in the state.

Early reports indicated five of the twelve people on board the plane died, according to Elizabeth Isham Cory of the Federal Aviation Administration. There were 13 passengers and two crew members on the plane.

The flight, which she said left St. Louis at 6:42 p.m., was scheduled to land shortly after 7:30 in Kirksville. The last contact with the plane was at 7:33 p.m., she said, and there was no sign of trouble.

The plane crashed about 4 miles south of the airport there, she said.

The plane, a Jetstream 31 twin engine , was American Airlines Connectionflight 5966 operated by Corporate Airlines.

(excerpted from stltoday.com story)

Some confusion within the article over the number of passengers on board. Note that this aircraft flies without a flight attendant.


14 posted on 10/19/2004 9:03:42 PM PDT by xjcsa (voted 10/19/2004 in the battleground state of Iowa)
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Also, in contradiction to the stltoday.com story, this aircraft is not, strictly speaking, a jet. It is a twin-engine turboprop.


15 posted on 10/19/2004 9:05:08 PM PDT by xjcsa (voted 10/19/2004 in the battleground state of Iowa)
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Sad but there were survivors. We don't often here that Any news who was on board yet?
16 posted on 10/19/2004 9:07:14 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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Names will likely take a day or two. Notifications, verification, all that.


17 posted on 10/19/2004 9:23:43 PM PDT by xjcsa (voted 10/19/2004 in the battleground state of Iowa)
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To: xjcsa

Yep. Honeywell TPE331 engines with Dowty props.


18 posted on 10/19/2004 9:25:38 PM PDT by Log
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We also had a plane crash in Jefferson City a couple days ago in which the pilot and co-pilot were killed. No passengers onboard.


19 posted on 10/19/2004 9:31:09 PM PDT by midwestjenny
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To: COEXERJ145

I flew on one of those once. It wasn't fun. The pilot looked at each of the passengers, 7-8 of us. He arranged seating by the size of each person. I'm a white knuckle flier anyway.


20 posted on 10/19/2004 9:36:28 PM PDT by rdl6989
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