Plane that was supposed to carry former president crashes

ABC13 via Drudge ^ | November 22, 2004 | None cited

[Quilla]

A private plane crashed near Houston's Hobby Airport Monday. And it was a plane that was coming to Houston to transport former President Bush to a conference in Equador.

The plane went down Monday morning near Highway 288 and Beltway 8.

Former President Bush suspendeded his trip to Ecuador because of the crash. A conference organizer says the plane should have flown the ex-president from Houston. Houston District Fire Chief Jack Williams said that the twin-engine Gulfstream jet arriving from Dallas Love Field apparently clipped a tall light tower at a Beltway 8 toll plaza, shearing off a wing. He says the severed wing rests near the base of the tower.

Authorities have shut down Beltway 8 on both directions near Cullen. There is debris scattered across the lanes. Traffic is being directed off the Beltway and onto Cullen Road and Telephone Road.

Fire crews were able to douse the flames. Three people were on board. All three victims, two men and a woman, have been recovered. There were no survivors.

There are some reports of cars have suffered damage from debris, but no injuries on the ground have been reported.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Roland Herwig says the Gulfstream jet went down about 6:15am, one-and-a-half miles south of Houston's Hobby Airport.

Herwig says the Gulfstream G-1159-A flight originated at Dallas Love Field. He says the plane's registered owner is Jet Place Incorporated of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Houston Fire Department assistant chief, Rick Flanagan, said a part of the jet's wing was located near the base of one of the light poles. He said that the wreckage extended about 1,000 yards from the pole into a field.

Airport officials reported that the plane that was on approach to Hobby when it went down. There was a lot of fog and mist during the crash. There's no official word if that played a role in the fatal crash.

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Assolutamente non posso capirlo!
What is it???

[ChefKeith]

cool, thanks.

Good thing Ya weren't sending missile launch codes to NORAD

[BigSkyFreeper]

God loves all his creation, even those who claim He doesn't exist.

[Quilla]

You're quite welcome. And welcome to Free Republic!!

[Miztiki]

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[alessandrofiaschi]

Semplicemente il codice segreto usato dagli ufo per le comunicazioni intergalattiche.

Simply the secret code used by ufos for communicating each other between galaxies.

[RadioAstronomer]

Why was Bush41 gonna fly on a small private jet instead of a Govt jet w/SS protection?

I have flown in the jumpseat on G-2s. Very reliable and safe aircraft. In fact, I would rather be on a G-2 than a wide-body.

[alessandrofiaschi]

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[Bon mots]

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clue

:-)

[alessandrofiaschi]

Dim. that, if n>2, than
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[alessandrofiaschi]

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[Bon mots]

Fermat is snickering.

;-)

I won't take the bait!

[alessandrofiaschi]

Thank you ... Wiles! I'm kidding...

[Peach]

Did anyone say that the former president's life was worth more than those on the plane? But I don't "know" them and although I regularly pray for the wounded and killed, in this instance, my first thought was that thankfully we didn't lose a former president.

[tort_feasor]

"Beer?"
"It's 10 a.m."
"Scotch?"

[cynwoody]

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into your Ruby interpreter.

[MeekOneGOP]

Former president was to fly on doomed jet
Bush "deeply saddened" by Houston crash
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/112204dntexjetcrash.7fea9eb6.html

[Lazamataz]

If I was G-d, I would give all the unbelievers a really bad noogie.

But that's why I'm not G-d.

[manic4organic]

Yes.

[MeekOneGOP]

haha! What's this stuff??

I lost my secret decoder ring years ago, unfortunately. :^)