Saturday was not a good day for airline safety.
In Kansas City, a stunt pilot crashed while performing stunts. I would not be surprised if the pilot has performed at Nellis AFB and their air show in November:
From the Kansas City Star: The pilot of the biplane that pancaked into the runway at Wheeler Downtown Airport before a stunned air show crowd Saturday described himself as obsessed with flying.
Bryan Jensen grew up on a farm in Iowa, took his first flying lesson when he was 13, soloed on his 16th birthday and as an adult flew jumbo jets for Delta Air Lines, according to a website promoting his passion for aerobatic flying. He’d been a stunt pilot the past 15 years, when not in the captain’s seat of a 747.
Now it’s up to crash investigators to determine what led to the accident that killed a pilot with as much experience and flight time — some 23,000 hours — as Jensen had.
The accident occurred around 1:45 p.m. in front of a few thousand spectators on the first day of the Kansas City Aviation Expo Air Show.
Witnesses said that the custom-built, red biplane was performing aerobatic maneuvers, such as loops and spiral stunts. It did a downward spiral but failed to pull up
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/20/3088842/with-thousands-watching-plane.html#ixzz1VeF5yghW
Then up in the Northwest Territories, Canada, a 737 crashed, killing 12 of 15 on board. From Fox News: A chartered Boeing 737 plane crashed Saturday afternoon as it was approaching an airport in Canada's Arctic region, killing 12 people, police said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the plane went down near the hamlet of Resolute Bay in the Arctic territory of Nunavut. The First Air charter flight was traveling from Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories to Resolute Bay, and was scheduled to continue on to Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island.
RCMP Constable Angelique Dignard said 12 people died in the crash and three people were injured. The plane was carrying 15 people, including four crew members. Police did not have any information on the condition of the three survivors.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/20/12-killed-in-passenger-jet-crash-in-canada/#ixzz1VeFtQDze
I know air travel is safer than driving, but I would rather drive 3 days than take a flight that lasts 3 hours.
R.I.P. to all those who did not make it home today.
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