Remember my thoughts on causes of plane crashes ? ...

[dogtag]

Bad Pilot skills or Pilot error.
Lack of proper maintenance.
Taking off in bad weather.
Failure to check weather forecast.

Kobe Bryant took off in Foggy weather resulting in the deaths
of five people. Tragic, especially as his 13 year old daughter
would still be alive along with the others, plus his family would
be spared the grief if only a little common sense had been applied.
So what was so bloody urgent that made him take the risk ?
Oh, that's right, his daughters basketball practice.

[Roadkingtrax]

You are an insufferable person.

[lyman]

too early to know what the problem was (mechanical, pilot error, weather etc) but the investigators will find out eventually, and let us know


shame all around, for the families involved

[blackhawknj]

Yes, let's wait for the investigators to look at it. Here in NJ in 2011 a Wall Streeter, his wife and children and a friend from work were killed in a crash. Flying to Virginia for Christmas, the plane iced up....Buddy Holly died a small plane crash, inexperienced pilot. late at night, wintry conditions.....

[togor]

Getthereitis is a known hazard of general aviation.

[lyman]

Yes, let's wait for the investigators to look at it. Here in NJ in 2011 a Wall Streeter, his wife and children and a friend from work were killed in a crash. Flying to Virginia for Christmas, the plane iced up....Buddy Holly died a small plane crash, inexperienced pilot. late at night, wintry conditions.....

Stevie Ray Vaughn,,

helicopter crash after a concert,


in his prime he was

[Roadkingtrax]

Stevie Ray Vaughn,,

helicopter crash after a concert,


in his prime he was

Patsy Cline too.

[blackhawknj]

C&W singers Patsy Cline and Jim Reeves, later Jim Croce, Lynryd Skynryd. Joyce Hornady , Golfer Tony Lema, Rocky Marciano.

[Major Tom]

Also Ricky Nelson, his plane (converted C-40) crashed.

[Vern Humphrey]

Will Rogers and Wylie Post were also killed in a crash.

[Gun Smoke]

JFK Jr., Amelia Earhart, the Red Baron.

Circumstances may have been a little different for them though.

[Vern Humphrey]

I would put von Richthofen (the Red Baron) in a different category -- it is difficult to charge a pilot in combat with pilot error when his business is to take risks.

[lyman]

I would put von Richthofen (the Red Baron) in a different category -- it is difficult to charge a pilot in combat with pilot error when his business is to take risks.

and when he was shot in the process of flying that plane,

[Vern Humphrey]

and when he was shot in the process of flying that plane,

He landed it successfully, by the way, although mortally wounded.

[lyman]

He landed it successfully, by the way, although mortally wounded.

true dat