MU 2 Crash just after TO

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A pilot and co-pilot died instantly when their small plane crashed in
British Columbia Tuesday night. The cargo plane crashed at about 6:30 p.m.,
less than a minute after taking off from Terrace, B.C., a northern community
located about 145 kilometres from Prince Rupert.

Staff at the Terrace Airport noticed a fireball in the woods beyond the
airfield almost immediately after the plane took off. Airport officials said
the runway was in good shape, but that there was freezing rain at the time
of accident.

Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board will determine whether
the Navair plane had been properly de-iced.

"We know that Navair pilots are tasked with own de-icing," Bill Yearwood, an
investigator with the Transportation Safety Board told CTV Vancouver. "They
do not contract out their de-icing, so they would not line up with other
aircraft for de-icing. They would do it themselves."

Ice accumulation can actually change the shape of the wings of a plane, and
de-icing is a mandatory safety precaution. But keeping a record of the
process is not. Investigators will have to rely on witnesses do determine
whether the procedure was performed before the plane took-off.

The Navair charter courier aircraft -- a twin-engine, MU2 Mitsubishi
plane -- was heading to Vancouver at the time of the crash.

The same type of aircraft is currently being investigated by the U.S.
aviation industry. In the past 20 months there have been 12 accidents
involving MU2 planes, and 14 people have died.



I remember someone bringing up the issue of the MU2's and the recent crashes
that have occured regarding the Mitsubishi aircraft and Mike Rappaport
defending the safety record of the MU2.

In this case I feel that this crash may have more to do with the weather and
possibly the crews haste to get into the air.



Gary

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for some reason the link didn't work so I'll try again

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for some reason the link didn't work so I'll try again

The link got split by a carriage return. You need to patch it back
together manually, rather than click on it.

Jose
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Ahhhh so that is what is happening!! Thanks!


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for some reason the link didn't work so I'll try again

The link got split by a carriage return. You need to patch it back
together manually, rather than click on it.

Jose
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On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:39:27 GMT, "Gary" wrote:


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for some reason the link didn't work so I'll try again

Copy the link, and go to tinyurl.com. It will generate a tinyURL that
will not line-wrap.

http://tinyurl.com/c8333

In article , Nathan Young
wrote:

Copy the link, and go to tinyurl.com. It will generate a tinyURL that
will not line-wrap.

Or, just enclose the link in angle brackets, and many newsreaders will
ignore the line break and treat it as a single link:

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"Garner Miller" wrote in message
...
In article , Nathan Young
wrote:

Copy the link, and go to tinyurl.com. It will generate a tinyURL that
will not line-wrap.

Or, just enclose the link in angle brackets, and many newsreaders will
ignore the line break and treat it as a single link:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...221/cargo_plan
e_051221/20051221?hub=TopStories

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Garner R. Miller
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Clifton Park, NY =USA=
http://www.garnermiller.com/


Long links don't usually break on my Outlook Express but that one did. I
have now posted it with out the break. Let's see what happens.



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Garner Miller wrote:
In article , Nathan Young
wrote:


Copy the link, and go to tinyurl.com. It will generate a tinyURL that
will not line-wrap.


Or, just enclose the link in angle brackets, and many newsreaders will
ignore the line break and treat it as a single link:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...221/cargo_plan
e_051221/20051221?hub=TopStories


My news reader still breaks the url. I'm using Netscape 7.2 which is
Mozilla based.


Matt

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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My news reader still breaks the url. I'm using Netscape 7.2 which is
Mozilla based.

It's the poster's newsreader that breaks the URL, not the subsequent
readers'. Once the line break has been inserted, I'm not aware of a
newsreader that will reassemble the URL, with or without angle brackets.

One might exist, but I haven't heard of it.

Pete

"Garner Miller" wrote

Or, just enclose the link in angle brackets, and many newsreaders will
ignore the line break and treat it as a single link:

My trick (OE) is to hit reply, then you can edit out the break and click on
it, then cancel the reply.
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Jim in NC