December 1, 20196 yr Preliminary info... 12 aboard and 9 fatalities. Local authorities report weather was a factor. https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/30/us/south-dakota-plane-crash/index.html Thoughts are with the victims and their families. Greg
December 1, 20196 yr Oh no! That is a heavy toll in just a couple of days, between the crash killing 7 in Kingston Ontario, and the 9 here. I pray the 3 survivors make it through. Tough time for so many family members. Kind regards, Spirit Flyer Stephen
December 1, 20196 yr Moderator Greg, the best comment from the article you linked to is this bit of snark: Quote Who needs the NTSB when the cause of the crash has already been determined by people posting on a news discussion group? /s There are however two "red flags" that immediately come to mind that may or may not have been causal factors: 1. Weather - blizzard conditions, visibility 1nm or less 2. Twelve souls on board an 8pax + 2 crew aircraft. Since no ages were given for the 2 children, they may have been babes in arms. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
December 1, 20196 yr Sad news. But in Blizzard conditions, how did the Airport/atc allow airplane to go on runway? I am preplexed at that. How I Evaluate Third Party Sim Addon Developers Refined P3Dv5.0 HF2 Settings Part1 (has MaddogX) and older thread Part 2 (has PMDG 747)
December 1, 20196 yr I couldn't get past all the advertising in either of those two links. Condolences to the victims'' families. Could this flight have been a case of "Get-there-itis" ? Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
December 1, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, Skywolf said: Sad news. But in Blizzard conditions, how did the Airport/atc allow airplane to go on runway? I am preplexed at that. That would be a PIC go/no-go decision. The airports in that area are non-towered. Jose A. Core Components: AMD Ryzen7 7700X - G.Skill FlareX 32 GB DDR5 6000 CL36 (XMP) - Gigabyte B650M Aorus Elite AX - Asus ROG Strix RTX3060 12gb Storage: WD Black SN750 NVMe 1TB - AData sx8200 Pro NVMe 1TB - Samsung 860 EVO 500GB - Samsung 870 EVO 1TB WIN11 - P3D v.5.3 HF2 - XPLANE 11 - MSFS
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