On 12/9/2005 15:07, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

"Rick" wrote in message
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Sadly there's one fatality, the first in SWA's history.


Does that one count against SWA? He wasn't on the airplane.



SWA thinks so. Here is a snip from the article on CNN.com:

In a news conference Friday, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly
said that it was the first fatal accident involving a Southwest
flight in the discount carrier's 35-year history.

The entire article can be found he

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/09/chicago.airplane/index.html


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Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Sacramento, CA