Seaplane down off Miami Beach....

Jay Honeck wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/...us/plane_crash


http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13443342.htm
They're saying it was a Grumman G73-T Mallard in this report.

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
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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
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Jim Burns wrote:

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."

At 21:00 Eastern Time tonight, a Fox News reporter stated that the pilot
heroically directed the aircraft away from surfers in the water as the
aircraft fell from the sky.

Posted in consideration of Dudley's recent post indicating that it seems
every account of an aircraft crash includes some witness stating that the
pilot was able to steer away from people on the ground, when in reality
there most likely is no such attempt.

--
Peter

Two confirmed dead, thus far.

Which article did you read? The one that you've linked saids 18 bodies
found and no signs of surevivors.

Flyingmonk wrote:

Two confirmed dead, thus far.

Which article did you read? The one that you've linked saids 18 bodies
found and no signs of surevivors.

What's weird is that the airline started in 1919, there were 19 souls on
board, and today is the 19th.

This source saids 19 dead, but it also saids 14 plus two crews were on
board, huh? Doesn't that equal 16?

Apparently, there were three infants also on board.

"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
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This source saids 19 dead, but it also saids 14 plus two crews were on
board, huh? Doesn't that equal 16?

Flyingmonk wrote:
This source saids 19 dead, but it also saids 14 plus two crews were on
board, huh? Doesn't that equal 16?

Plus several infants.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

This source,
http://www.channel4.com/news/content...jsp?id=1056407,
saids 19 dead, but it also saids 14 plus two crews were on
board, huh? Doesn't that equal 16?

Perfect evidence on why you shouldn't trust media that much!

"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
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This source,
http://www.channel4.com/news/content...jsp?id=1056407,
saids 19 dead, but it also saids 14 plus two crews were on
board, huh? Doesn't that equal 16?