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Plane that was supposed to carry former president crashes
ABC13 via Drudge ^ | November 22, 2004 | None cited

Posted on 11/22/2004 10:33:17 AM PST by 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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To: Quilla

Well, the Gods were certainly with us today.


21 posted on 11/22/2004 10:48:29 AM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed)
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To: b4its2late

The Bush family has way better luck than the Kennedys.


22 posted on 11/22/2004 10:49:12 AM PST by Palladin (Proud to be a FReeper!)
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To: JATO

He was about a mile and a half from the runway, and he clipped the lightpole on the freeway. It was a tall lightpole, but there's no way he should have been that low that far out.


23 posted on 11/22/2004 10:49:32 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
It was pretty foggy this morning, and the jet had come from Dallas through a front. The pilot may have forgotten to adjust for barometric pressure with his altimeter and thought he had more altitude than he obviously did.

Usually when you are being handed off from sector to sector, the crew is advised of the new altimeter setting.

24 posted on 11/22/2004 10:52:44 AM PST by cardinal4 (W's 3.5 million pop vote isnt a mandate, but algores .5 million is??)
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To: Dog Gone
Re: A breathless ABC13 local reporter at 6:45 this morning said it appeared to be a 737 that crashed.

737, 738 whtever it takes

C5 C6 whatever it takes lol

25 posted on 11/22/2004 10:55:08 AM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 61,103,636 Bush fans.)
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To: JATO

"Sad to say, pilot probably wasn't aligned on localizer (left/right of runway)."

If he had been aligned with the localizer from the ILS system both vertical and horizontal he should have had enough altitude to avoid any obstacles.

You're probably correct.


26 posted on 11/22/2004 10:55:27 AM PST by EEDUDE (Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.)
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To: cardinal4

Absolutely. I'm just speculating as to a possible cause. I wonder if Gulfstream's have black boxes.


27 posted on 11/22/2004 10:56:05 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Quilla

If it were foul play wouldn't it have been arranged for AFTER 41 on board?

Looks like our resident experts think it was an accident--my friend in Houston said the fog was terrible.


28 posted on 11/22/2004 10:58:41 AM PST by pa mom
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To: Aeronaut; Arkie2; JETDRVR

Uh-oh...must don tinfoil hat now.


29 posted on 11/22/2004 11:00:32 AM PST by snopercod (Inflation, it's how wars are paid for.)
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To: Quilla

"Oddly, a thread was posted a while ago concerning a rumor of a plane crash, Columbia, and former President Bush. I suspect it was pulled for a lack of source, but it does prove that freepers are on the ball."

The poor person who posted that knew one of the flight attendants who worked that plane. She (?) had gotten a call from the woman's daughter. It is very sad to hear that this is true.


30 posted on 11/22/2004 11:01:41 AM PST by jocon307 (Jihad is world wide. Jihad is serious business. We ignore global jihad at our peril.)
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To: Quilla; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...

OMG!!!


31 posted on 11/22/2004 11:01:50 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: Lazamataz
G-d likes...President Bush likes G-d.

Laz, why does God care whether you use a different ASCII representation of his name?

32 posted on 11/22/2004 11:02:00 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: asgardshill; Admin Moderator

Why'd you guys (and/or) gals pull the thread referenced in #41? Seems like you quashed an FR scoop here.


33 posted on 11/22/2004 11:02:29 AM PST by snopercod (Inflation, it's how wars are paid for.)
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To: Quilla

I'm sorry for the 3 people who lost their lives, but I am so thankful that the Lord saved Bush Senior.


34 posted on 11/22/2004 11:02:36 AM PST by MeekMom (When are the Hollyweirds moving to Canada/France?)
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To: Quilla

I posted the one that was pulled. I didn't have all the information at the time. Our friend died in the crash in Houston that was supposed to pick up Pres. Bush 41. Prayers, please.


35 posted on 11/22/2004 11:03:17 AM PST by manic4organic (We won. Get over it.)
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To: EEDUDE

36 posted on 11/22/2004 11:03:35 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Peach

Why is the ex-President Bush's life more important than the poor souls who did die. Can we please pray for them and their families?


37 posted on 11/22/2004 11:03:51 AM PST by Hildy (The really great men are always simple and true)
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To: sam_paine
Laz, why does God care whether you use a different ASCII representation of his name?

He just does. Says so in the user manual.

38 posted on 11/22/2004 11:04:01 AM PST by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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To: manic4organic

Was this your "possible vanity" thread that was pulled?


39 posted on 11/22/2004 11:04:21 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("We are in the process of allowing them to self-actualise" LtC. Rainey, Fallujah, 11/04)
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To: manic4organic

You all will be in my prayers. This is so sad. Thanks for posting.


40 posted on 11/22/2004 11:05:01 AM PST by Quilla
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