rredbird
Posted : 4/25/2006 11:04:42 AM
I am so sorry - I didn't even think when I wrote that that it might be someone you knew.
I could not locate names but here is the story. I apologize.
Small Plane Collision Kills 5 In The Skies Over Alaska
POSTED: 3:42 am EDT April 24, 2006
WASILLA, Alaska -- Five people died in the collision of two small planes over a remote area south of Wasilla, Alaska.
There were no survivors.
Federal investigators said the crash occurred just after noon Sunday between a Cessna 170-B with four aboard and a Cessna 172 with just the pilot. Both are single-engine high wing aircraft.
Witnesses told investigators that one of the planes was flying north, while the other was flying west. Both aircraft were at an altitude of between 500 and 800 feet when they collided.
National Transportation Safety Board investigator Clint Johnson said "it appears that the westbound aircraft apparently saw the other aircraft at the last moment, tried to avoid the collision, but unfortunately that didn't work."
Rescuers found the planes lying about 500 feet from each other.