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Report Says Instructor, Student Fought for Controls Before East Hartford Plane Crash
NCB Connecticut ^ | 3/28/2017

Posted on 03/29/2017 1:54:04 PM PDT by KeyLargo

Report Says Instructor, Student Fought for Controls Before East Hartford Plane Crash

A plane crash in East Hartford was the result of a flight student refusing to give up controls to his instructor, while apparently doing everything "backwards", a police report revealed.

East Hartford police Lt. Josh Litwin said in October that investigators had concluded the crash was "an intentional act," but noted that they hadn't been able to determine a motive.

New documents from witness accounts reveal that Arian Prevella, a flight instructor and the owner of American Flight Academy in Hartford, struggled with flying student, Feras Freitekh.

On Oct. 11, 2016, an investigation was launched after the twin-engine Piper PA 34 crashed with the two men aboard during a training flight around 3:30 p.m. near the Connecticut headquarters of military jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney.

The plane was on its final approach to Brainard Airport when it crashed on Main Street and burst into flames, according to the FAA.

Prevalla escaped from the burning plane and was in fair condition at Yale-New Haven Bridgeport Hospital's burn, a hospital spokesman said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcconnecticut.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: aviation; crash; easthartford; hijack; jihad; muslim; pilot; plane; terrorist
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FERAS FREITEKH of Jordan

1 posted on 03/29/2017 1:54:04 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Nothing to see here.

Move along....


2 posted on 03/29/2017 1:56:36 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: KeyLargo

Sounds like Sudden Jihad Syndrome is the crash cause,


3 posted on 03/29/2017 1:56:46 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: KeyLargo

still can’t figure a motive? These cases are so hard....


4 posted on 03/29/2017 1:56:54 PM PDT by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: KeyLargo

Another middle eastern nut case. Another incident which proves they don’t belong here.


5 posted on 03/29/2017 1:58:14 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: pissant

Probably a convert to Christianity who wanted to hasten his way toward the Easter vigil.


6 posted on 03/29/2017 1:58:48 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: KeyLargo

Amish?


7 posted on 03/29/2017 1:59:14 PM PDT by davandbar
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To: KeyLargo

Freitekh...what other info is out about him? How long had he been here? What mosque did he attend?


8 posted on 03/29/2017 2:00:50 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: KeyLargo

Proof positive PC kills.


9 posted on 03/29/2017 2:01:17 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: KeyLargo
East Hartford police Lt. Josh Litwin said in October that investigators had concluded the crash was "an intentional act," but noted that they hadn't been able to determine a motive.

Even though they're looking with both hands and a flashlight.

10 posted on 03/29/2017 2:02:25 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: KeyLargo

Interesting!


11 posted on 03/29/2017 2:03:18 PM PDT by McGruff (the AHCA turned out to be nothing more than Obamacare-lite)
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To: KeyLargo

Didn’t we learn not to give Muslims flying lessons back in 2001?!?


12 posted on 03/29/2017 2:04:23 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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“FERAS FREITEKH of Jordan”

All you need to know about this story. Maybe he had a target in mind but the instructor prevented the plane from reaching its target.


13 posted on 03/29/2017 2:04:48 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: bgill; Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; ...

AVIATION PING


14 posted on 03/29/2017 2:05:40 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Do you know anything of the current status of the instructor? I hope he is recovering.


15 posted on 03/29/2017 2:05:42 PM PDT by NEMDF
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Feras M. Freitekh: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Published 11:45 am EDT, October 12, 2016 Updated 1:44 am EDT, October 13, 2016 32 Comments By Tom Cleary 420

http://heavy.com/news/2016/10/feras-freitekh-jordanian-jordan-student-pilot-east-hartford-plane-crash-intentional-fbi-terrorism-photos-facebook-pratt-whitney/


16 posted on 03/29/2017 2:08:59 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Did he yell something about Allah? Seemed disinterested in how to land the plane, only how to make the plane take off?


17 posted on 03/29/2017 2:09:46 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Get used to it - President Donald J. Trump)
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To: KeyLargo
It is customary for a student to take their hands off controls when an instructor tells them too...

Customary?

It's mandatory.

18 posted on 03/29/2017 2:11:14 PM PDT by TankerKC (If Mitt Romney is elected, everyone in the US will die!)
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Feras Freitekh....

Hmmm what could it be? Hmmm?

MSM tries to conceal.

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/10/connecticut-jordanian-muslim-student-intentionally-crashes-plane-near-major-defense-contractor


19 posted on 03/29/2017 2:12:07 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: KeyLargo

“...they hadn’t been able to determine a motive.”

They’ve got a real mystery on their hands.


20 posted on 03/29/2017 2:13:35 PM PDT by lacrew
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