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Cessna Citation 3, crash @ HOU

Old 11-05-2005, 09:13 AM
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Nov. 5, 2005, 11:49AM
2 die in small-plane crash at Hobby Airport
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
Two people died this morning around 10 a.m. when their twin engine plane, a Cessna Citation 3, crashed at Hobby Airport, officials said.
The plane had been waiting on the runway to take off from Hobby to Corpus Christi when an incoming Southwest plane issued an alert, according to Tommy Dowdy, district chief for the Houston Fire Department.
Air traffic controllers then apparently told the Cessna to take off quickly, while diverting the Southwest plane to Bush Intercontinental Airport, where it landed safely.
The Cessna crashed while trying to land after the emergency take-off. Dowdy said it plunged nose first, tumbled over and skidded nearly 300 feet in the middle of the airport runway.
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Sad, and very strange. I saw the pictures on the news. Not much left of the airplane after it burned. Difficult to understand what could have happened based on these early reports. Was this Citation in position waiting for clearance or was he cleared for an immediate ? Why then did this have anything to do with his later problem and crash landing or did the crash actually occur on the take-off roll ?

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Seems to me like two totally separate events. Perhaps coincidence that they were Position and Hold/immediate while SWA had their own emergency? Does anybody have a link to more info?
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Originally Posted by SWAcapt
The Cessna crashed while trying to land after the emergency take-off.
What the hell is an emergency takeoff?
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