Witness says "part of the tail or rear of the plane had a small fire, pilot
tried to gain control, then a wing broke off and it all fell into the water.
I was about 200 yards from it."

Cell phone pics now starting to show up on TV that confirm the fire.

Crashed just after takeoff on a flight to Bimini

17 aboard, reports keep changing about survivors, unconscious victims, and
deceased.

Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/...us/plane_crash

Dang. It was one of Chalk's famous seaplanes, too... Two confirmed
dead, thus far.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"