7 Dead in Minnesota Crash

[scottkin]

Heard there was some significant weather in the area. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395317,00.html

[FlyingPhotog]

The passengers were business travelers on their way to meet with a glass company that won a contract at the new World Trade Center site.

The irony is a little frightening to me...

[Leftseat86]

The irony is a little frightening to me...

What irony?

[screaming_emu]

What irony?

I also dont quite see it.

[Uncle Jay]

O ! The Irony !

I figgered it out.

The Minnesota plane was a twin engine jet.
The WTC planes were twin engine jets.

Therefore,
She is a witch.

(credit to Monty Pyhtons Holy Grail)

[Leftseat86]

I figgered it out.

The Minnesota plane was a twin engine jet.
The WTC planes were twin engine jets.

Therefore,
She is a witch.

(credit to Monty Pyhtons Holy Grail)

[Crunk415balla]

I figgered it out.

The Minnesota plane was a twin engine jet.
The WTC planes were twin engine jets.

Therefore,
She is a witch.

(credit to Monty Pyhtons Holy Grail)

Minneasota has been getting some regularly nasty weather recently, but I'm not going to speculate.

[scottkin]

Has anyone heard any more details on this crash?

[FlyingPhotog]

What irony?

Really?

WTC collapse caused by a plane crash.
This plane crash involved people re-building the WTC.

[JordanD]

I figgered it out.

The Minnesota plane was a twin engine jet.
The WTC planes were twin engine jets.

Therefore,
She is a witch.

(credit to Monty Pyhtons Holy Grail)

Does she float?

In all seriousness, this is a tragic accident, but I think it could have all too easily been avoided.

[Jose Luis Silva]

Very sad, sad news.

R.I.P.

[Leftseat86]

Really?

WTC collapse caused by a plane crash.
This plane crash involved people re-building the WTC.

Yeah anyone working on WTC site should stop flying in planes, clearly a connection.

[bob12312357]

but I think it could have all too easily been avoided.

Are you a pilot, and have you ever hit really severe windshear, or a microburst on short final. I've gone from straight and level to 20+ degrees nose up and around 30-40ish degrees of bank in a millisecond only a couple hundred feet over the ground and came within a few knots of a stall/spin. All this on a clear day, other traffic reported nothing and landed with no problem ahead of me. Weather is no joke if its sudden and severe enough at a low altitude.

[Airbus_A320]

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=20080731-0

This doesn't say anything about windsheer, says it hit an antenna

[Spad13]

Are you a pilot, and have you ever hit really severe windshear, or a microburst on short final. I've gone from straight and level to 20+ degrees nose up and around 30-40ish degrees of bank in a millisecond only a couple hundred feet over the ground and came within a few knots of a stall/spin. All this on a clear day, other traffic reported nothing and landed with no problem ahead of me. Weather is no joke if its sudden and severe enough at a low altitude.

Can't say I've seen it quite that severe. Furthermore I've had a few EGPWS windshear warnings that turned out to be false.