Say Altitude Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Pulled from Avcanada - looks like a King Air 200 on a VFR ferry flight from YVR to Smithers has gone missing. No ELT, no calls....... Here's hoping they found a nice long field to land in.... This gives me the shivers everytime I read about something like this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2.0EPR Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Still no word.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 2 buddies of mine fly the BE200 there. Heard from one, still waiting on info about the other................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYDAY Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 According to avcanada the a/c was found and sadly the pilots did not survive. May they rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRANT Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 My thought s and prayers go out to them and their family. But for the grace of God and a little luck there go I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say Altitude Posted July 31, 2005 Author Share Posted July 31, 2005 Here's a link..........so sad, that poor little boy who has lost his Dad.... http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor..._10/?hub=Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 "The plane was carrying no passengers or freight when it left Vancouver on Thursday morning." This is a sad recounting. Thankfully no others perished. Why do these types of accidents continue to happen? I extend my deepest sympathies to the families of the pilots... To those anxious to take their places: SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. Live by it, or die by it. This kind of grief should not be continuing to occur... What can be done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woxof Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 "To those anxious to take their places: SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. What can be done?" I think things are being done and improving. Remember how frequently there used to be jet airliner crashes. When was the last one? Aside from the third world, it seems so rare these days and I think a big reason is TAWS. Now they are even available at a reasonable price for small aircraft. I believe all turbine powered aircraft with 6 seats or more in the U.S. must have them.CFIT is on the decrease, and accident rates are decreasing. GA accident rates in the U.S. at least are at record lows. Hopefully this trend will continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ikfu Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Remember how frequently there used to be jet airliner crashes. When was the last one? Aside from the third world, it seems so rare these days and I think a big reason is TAWS. Where are you getting your historical data from when you imply that there have been a lot of airline accidents in the past. I think that you are applying some time compression to accident history. Without data it is only a point of view. I would be interested to see if your view is supportable though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AME Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 http://www.planecrashinfo.com/cause.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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