Posted on 11/28/2004 3:25:18 PM PST by Phsstpok
Corporate Jet Crashes, Killing Two Sunday, November 28, 2004
MONTROSE, Colo. A corporate jet taking off from near a ski area crashed through a fence and burst into flames Sunday, killing at least two of the six people on board and seriously injuring three others.
Sheriff's officials said two people were dead, but a Federal Aviation Administration (search) spokesman said three had died in the crash at Montrose Regional Airport (search), which serves the Telluride Ski Area.
A sixth person listed on the plane's manifest had not been found. Authorities were searching for the missing person in rugged terrain by helicopter and on the ground.
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According to the first linked report Ebersol is married to Susan St. James (MacMillan & Wife, Kate and Allie). At least one passenger on the manifest is still missing. Hopefully she wasn't on the plane (IMDB indicates that she is the mother of 5, but that she has filed for divorce)
Yeah, yeah, I know. I don't care about tabloid stories. I like Susan St. James. So shoot me.
love susan cute as hell
I like her too. Hope she's not the one missing.
The pilot and co-pilot are the 2 dead, according to FNC, and the 3 men who were taken to the hospital had to be transferred to another one, reason not given.
Bump
"Ebersol's wife, Susan St. James, was not on the plane, the affiliate said."
Ebersol has a kid attending Notre Dame.....I heard it was the pilot and co-pilot...
The AP says Ebersol is alive but seriously injured.
Better pray for him, cause he's used up a lot of his karma allotment over the years.
Montrose hospital is a small (75 bed) hospital and may not have the trauma facilities needed.
Yes, that must be the reason, considering that the injuries are described as serious.
Glad to hear Susan was not on the plane.
Still trying to figure this out...reports indicate that the plane crashed through a fence. Yet, an "ear" and "eyewitness" on the phone, claimed he heard one explosion, then ran outside and saw the plane consumed by a massive fireball down the runway. The fireball was followed by yet another explosion.
How could the plane have crashed through a fence, yet go down the runway in flames?
I fell in love with Susan St. James when she used to wear those thigh-length sweatshirts on McMillan and Wife. Teen-age boys fantasy. My wife puts one of those on and the kids go to bed early.
I don't know about departures, but this is a scary approach for arrivals.
Lot's of micrometeorological stuff.
Looks like its on a hill on 3 sides with a fairly steep incline on the other. I'll bet there are often very strange wind conditions in that area and with only 1 runway there aren't a lot of options.
Probably have to haul them down to Grand Junction.
> I don't know about departures, but this is
> a scary approach for arrivals.
That pic is the Teluride airport, which I'd expect to
be closed during the winter, but in any case is apt
to be too short and dangerous for twin jets.
The report suggests that this accident happened at the
Montrose airport, some distance to the NW, and at a
substantially lower altitude on the valley floor.
Teluride is a white-knuckle ride on approach or
departure, with a cliff on one end and a box canyon
on the other - and the MSL is high enough that most
light a/c haven't enough fpm to go around if they
blow the approach. We won't even discuss engine failure
on t/o.
Though you're correct about Telluride Regional itself (at 9,078' elev, 'the nations's highest airport) which has a 6900 foot runway and can be hairy for take-offs and arrivals, this accident was at MontroseRegional. Montrose is at 5,800' and has a 10,000 foot runway.
Something nasty happened on their takeoff roll, sounds like to me. God bless the aircrew, and may He watch over any survivors.
then the redwood comes out a
Any news as of yet as to what type of aircraft?
Probably lost an engine as the aircraft was just getting airborne. It may have then come down hard, rupturing a fuel tank and then lost another fuel tank as it hit the fence.
There are plenty of possibilities. It is amazing anyone survived if the aircraft burned before the passengers could get out.
Remember that the "eyewitness" likely didn't see the initial incident. He probably looked over when he heard the noise, so he probably only saw the subsequent fire and explosions.
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