Investigators of the Montana plane crash are quick to point out that concluding what actually caused the plane to crash would be a long and challenging task. The reason why is that the Pilatus-12 aircraft which was manufactured in Sweden in 2001, contained no black boxes for voice or data. It appears only commercial aircraft are required to carry such equipment...
What a tragedy for the 14 people (and their families) who lost their lives when a single-engine turboprop crashed into a cemetery in Butte, Montana Sunday. Fourteen lives gone in an instant. As of yet, investigators trying to unravel the Montana plane crash have not officially released the identities of those on board...
Did you know that when Continental Connection Flight 3407 made impact with the house in Clarence Center, New York on February 12, 2009 the Bombardier Dash 8 twin turboprop commuter plane was NOT on autopilot? Reports say that it was on autopilot a mere 26 seconds prior to impact. That's when the aircraft's sensors detected a 'looming stall' A...
When A.D. Williams Engineering President Reagan Williams taxied along the runway at the City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta the morning of March 28th, he couldn't know that his Piper PA-46 aircraft would become the next plane crash statistic, and never make it back. In fact, he couldn't know that within a half hour he, and his four passengers would be dead...
