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Any idea who was on board, whose airplane? n/t

Posted by RIchard Allnutt on Tue Sep 30, 2003 09:00:53 AM

In reply top Albatross Crashes into bee hives posted by B Darnell on Mon Sep 29, 2003 08:28:37 AM

: From ANN:
:
: Bees Complicate Rescue in Amphibian Crash
:
: The Albatross had engine trouble, and its subsequent
: crash landing took out several commercial beehives. That
: unfortunate turn of events made the rescue of the survivor
: s
: particularly heroic, as huge clouds of angry bees defended
: their
: turf against the pilot, passengers, and rescuers, all of w
: hom
: sustained multiple stings.
:
: The crash, near Florida's Atlantic coast, was in an open a
: rea --
: open because it was a cow pasture, enhanced by a commercia
: l honey
: farm. There were over a hundred beehives there; many were
: destroyed
: when the stricken plane came through.
:
: A father-and-son team, driving nearby, saw the crash and w
: ent to
: help. The pilot was treating one of the passengers, witnes
: s reports
: said, trying to stop massive bleeding. 18-year-old Blake L
: ynch,
: dressed just in jean shorts, wrapped his Dad's shirt aroun
: d his
: head, and ran to the wreck, where he pulled the injured pi
: lot from
: the wreck, put him on his shoulders, and ran from the cras
: h site.
: Blake was later quoted in the Palm Beach Post: "You don't
:
: understand -- there were about a million bees out there...
: It was a
: cloud about 100 yards wide."
:
: Blakes' Dad, Garland Lynch, did his best to bind up the pi
: lot's
: wounds and pull the bees off his skin.
:
: Fire and Sheriff's personnel arrived fifteen minutes later
: ; they
: too faced the angry swarms. Many sustained multiple stings
: .
:
: The names of the men aboard are being withheld, for the ti
: me
: being. One of the two passengers died.
:
: The "seasonally-based" Hu-16 flew out of St. Lucie airport
: ; the
: flight was "just to exercise the plane," according to the
: paper's
: report. It reportedly carried about 500 gallons of gasolin
: e.
: Luckily, there was no postcrash fire.
: Hero kept his head
:
: Kelly Wolfe, of the Palm Beach Post, noted, "Blake
: Lynch said that as he headed toward the crashed plane he c
: ouldn't
: panic because 'everyone else was panicking... If you watch
: out for
: people,' he said, 'other people will watch out for you.'"
:
:
: ** Report created 9/26/2003 Record
: 9 **
: IDENTIFICATION
: Regis#: 70258
: Make/Model: U16 Description:
: HU-16 ALBATROSS
: Date: 09/25/2003 Time: 1726
: Event Type: Accident Highest Injury:
: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing:
: N
: Damage: Destroyed
: LOCATION
: City: FORT
: PIERCE
: State: FL Country: US
: DESCRIPTION
: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ST. LUCIE COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
: (FPR). REPORTED AN ENGINE FAILURE. AIRCRAFT CRASHED TRYING
: TO
: RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. OF THE TREE POB, ONE SUFFERED FATAL
: INJURIES
: AND THE OTHER TWO ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. FORT PIERCE,
: FL
: INJURY DATA Total Fatal:
: 1
:
: # Crew: 1 Fat:
: 0 Ser:
: 1 Min:
: 0 Unk: Y
:
: # Pass: 2 Fat:
: 1 Ser:
: 1 Min:
: 0 Unk:
:
: # Grnd:
: Fat: 0 Ser:
: 0 Min:
: 0 Unk:
: WEATHER: KFPR 251653Z 09009KT 10SM SCT021 28/24 A3000 RMK
: AO2
: RAE11
: OTHER DATA
: Departed: (FPR) FORT
: PIERCE,FL Dep Date:
: 09/25/2003 Dep. Time: 1720
: Destination:
: UNK
: Flt Plan: UNK
: Wx Briefing: U
: Last Radio Cont: APPOX 2 NW FPR
: Last Clearance: CLRD TO LAND RWY 14
: FAA FSDO: ORLANDO, FL
: (SO15)
: Entry date: 09/26/2003
:
: For the WHOLE story, go to http://www.aero-news.net/news/g
: enav.cfm?ContentBlockID=379fd516-bb47-48cb-8c59-9c00e2b7f5
: 78&Dynamic=1

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