Sxmna From Netherlands Antilles, joined Mar 2001, 61 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 27597 times:
Single engine plane with 7 pax coming from SBH. It went down on aproach approx. 5 miles from the field. No report on casualties yet. Rescue teams report it sank. My best guess it is the Cessna Caravan 208 commuter that runs SXM-SBH. It is the only single engine I know that takes 7 pax.
CMHSRQ From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 988 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 27556 times:
MCOflyer From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 8556 posts, RR: 14 Reply 14, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 26861 times:
Anyone know the a/c involved? Happy new year to all.
Starrion From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1083 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 25709 times:
I was just thinking of the number of spotters at SXM, if there was ever a plane crash:
"Well, we have photographic evidence of the crash from 11 different angles, and two complete videos of the accident."
MCIGuy From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 1936 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 25065 times:
AirEMS From United States of America, joined May 2004, 684 posts, RR: 3 Reply 19, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 22471 times:
Hopefully everyone is ok..... This would be a bad way to end 06....
JetBlueAtJFK From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 1687 posts, RR: 3 Reply 23, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 19333 times:
Well at least it wasn't a bigger plane. After I read the title I was preparing for something bigger. Hopefully the pilot is ok..
FlyDreamliner From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 2759 posts, RR: 15 Reply 24, posted (6 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 19180 times:
Quoting JetBlueAtJFK (Reply 24): Well at least it wasn't a bigger plane. After I read the title I was preparing for something bigger. Hopefully the pilot is ok..
When I read the title I was also imagining something like an American 757 or AF A340 in the water in flaming pieces.
Good to know nothing too catastrophic,
as for the "11 different angles of photographic evidence" bit, my guess is that if any aircraft of size went down too close to the field on approach, more than a couple of those photographers might be going with it.
"Let the world change you, and you can change the world"
25 TinkerBelle: I'm not sure what worse, a plane going down or an A.netter dreaming about a plane going down..lol
26 Justplanecrazy: funny ive got a banner advertisment on top of this page from thomas cook telling me to" hit the beach",that what i thought at first the plane had done
27 LHRjc: You should count yourself lucky I've got 2 the same telling me I can get a good deal on women only car insurance Glad everyone's ok though JC
28 Justplanecrazy: I had a dream in the 90's of a cargo plane crashing into buildings in holland a couple of days later it front page news.
29 DTW757: Wow, glad I'm not the only one who has experienced this. In the early 90's I had about 3 seperate dreams about an airliner crashing near my house and
30 Tockeyhockey: crazy coincidence -- so did i. the dream was a mesh of my memories of spotting down there with the crazy landing at SBH. we landed in the water and s
31 AvroArrow: So any confirmation as to who the operator was? My best guess would be Air Caraibes, based on the aircraft and the route. But I'm just speculating.
33 A388: My thaughts exactly. Any updates or pictures? A388
34 Piercey: Really. What I'm afraid of is if a plane crashes on Maho, what will happen to the openness of the beach? Glad to hear all alright. Planes can be repl
35 Mirrodie: Truth be told, that is exactly what would happen. I can't think of a time when there isn't some form of camera equipment there. Well, the rescue is a
36 Jpax: Yikes, I was just at SXM on the 28th, this past Thursday. Probably was among one of the many Caravans that was there that day...
37 Gareth757: GOD imagine it was The AF A340 not forgetting the passengers or anything but how scary would that be if you were spotting at spotters paradise! glad t
38 FrenchPilot: I actually was right there and saw the plane comming down as I was seated at the bar. Just got back, so i'm a little tired, but I do have some pics of
40 Rampkontroler: Amazingly little information on this...I would have thought it should have shown up in some database or another by now...or in the local news?
41 A388: My point exactly. Strange that there are no photos or news articles about this. A388
42 YVRLTN: Hey FrenchPilot, at least tell us the type & operator - it seems to be a secret
43 Fkruiver: Found this one: A friend of mine who lives on SXM told me it crashed nearby the airport with flames coming out of the propellor, all survived and swam
44 Ptharris: You want freaky? Remember the movie Twister? We used to have a drive-in theater here in town and it was showing Twister. A freak Pacific storm drove
45 Fkruiver: It was a Piper Cherokee 6, going to SXM on a supply run. He departed 16:00 hours - 12 minutes into the flight the engine overrevved to 3750 rpms - pos
46 Sxmna: This link has two pics if you scroll up a little. http://sxmprivateeye.com/node/7717#comment-2538
47 Dreamflight: http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5893627 This one is showing the aircraft after the salvage. Rgds,
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