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Posted on 08/27/2006 4:38:10 AM PDT by BigBlueJon
Edited on 08/27/2006 5:02:21 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Possible plane crash in Lexington, KY. My brother works security for Lexington UK Hospital and was just called in. No news locally or on major news outlets yet. I didn't want to post anything for fear of being wrong, but he's still waiting for an official call while on stand-by.
Update from WTVQ 36 Lexington:
A plane has crashed near the Blue Grass Airport this morning. No word on details at this time. We are told it was a commercial aircraft. Versailles Road is blocked as emergency vehicles circle around the site. We have live coverage beginning at 7:20am. Stay with Action News 36 for more details.
So fox puts up a picture of an Embraer, instead of a Bombardier...
Isn't there ANYBODY in these news orgs that knows a damn thing about flying??
I STILL remember sitting in the Bar at STL the day Valujet went in, with the woman talking about how old the aircraft were, while looking out the windows at TWA's oldest fleet in aviation at the time....
Yeah, but there is no training like the real thing. You should see some of the hunks of trash we take flying. I flew aging F-14As and every flight was a string of emergency procedures. :)
They have that backwards. To get to the long runway you first have to cross the approach end of the short runway.
But the sun wasn't up, again according to the local station, sunup was 7:05, an hour later.
Given that, I'd have thought they'd have noticed the "no lights" before they turned on to the runway.
No.......but the rest of their coverage on other topics is probably accurate......
If you tune into NBC I'm sure they will dig up Bob Arnot to comment on the crash. He's a doctor with a pilot's license.
I am starting to get the calls now. One good friend was on that plane, as well as the younger sister, leaving on her honeymoon, of another good friend. This is going to be a long day.
I am so sorry to hear of your loss.
I wouldn't trust a thing they're saying on TV, and I also wouldn't trust MSNBC's "sources confirming" a runway 26 departure. I suggest waiting for an NTSB presser or some other official word on what happened.
If there's one thing I've learned in my couple years in the industry, it's that the news media doesn't have a friggin' clue about aviation operations.
People can talk about crew briefings, but who briefs getting to the runway?
I am sorrry for your loss. That is all I can say. I was worried from the time I heard of this until I heard Brad's voice on the phone this morning
MEMO TO FOX...
That's an EMBRAER, not a CRJ....
I am hearing someone was also in the jumpseat.
Hmmmm, how to respond?......
Years ago, I used to have to take my students up for their first flights in the F-14. There are no flight controls in the back seat. That means, that if the kid upfront did not take to heart what he was told, he could easily kill us both.
Contrast that with the almost weekly news report of a commercial student and instructor having to put down on a freeway in their Cessna. Dangerous? yes. But, we are still talking about two different things altogether.
I say again, these schools do a fine job at what they do. IMHO they don't do enough, nor could they and stay in business, to teach pilots what to do in emergency situations.
Obviously, we don't train on jets, they tend to be exceedingly expensive for a university to purchase. We do have a CRJ-200 and A319 sims though. However, airlines have adapted their training routines to the new hires they are training (coming through four-year flight degree programs or other aviation schools), most of whom have little or no turbine experience. I know a couple of friends who have caught on with a regional and they go through some pretty serious stuff in their initial training in the air.
Do you still dream of your breaker sequences? LOL.
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Official sun up was 7:03 AM. Here's the data for Lexington KY, from the US Naval Observatory site
Sunday
27 August 2006 Eastern Daylight Time
SUN
Begin civil twilight 6:36 a.m.
Sunrise 7:03 a.m.
So it should have been fairl dark.
"I am hearing someone was also in the jumpseat."
As I said earlier...
yik,yak,yik yak, OOPS!
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