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flyandive 03-22-2009 03:36 PM

PC-12 Down in Montana
 
Anybody know anything about this?

17 Dead in Montana Plane Crash

BoilerUP 03-22-2009 03:38 PM

I have no earthly idea how you would put 17 people into a PC-12...

FlexThrust 03-22-2009 03:41 PM

CNN is reporting all pax were kids on a ski trip...I dont know much about the PC12, but I thought it was 9 seats max in the back? Surely the operator didnt pack 15 kids into 9 seats???

flyandive 03-22-2009 03:44 PM


Originally Posted by FlexThrust (Post 582937)
CNN is reporting all pax were kids on a ski trip...I dont know much about the PC12, but I thought it was 9 seats max in the back? Surely the operator didnt pack 15 kids into 9 seats???

Might have something to do with the outcome.

People on the ground would be another possibility although I think it went down in a cemetery.

BlueMoon 03-22-2009 04:38 PM


Originally Posted by BoilerUP (Post 582936)
I have no earthly idea how you would put 17 people into a PC-12...

No kidding, I though thte same thing...I thought there are like 8 or 9 seats in it.

El Scorcho 03-22-2009 04:39 PM

Reports are that it took a nose-dive 500 feet from the runway and that no may-day went out. RIP to all pax.

Tiger2Flying 03-22-2009 05:01 PM

It crashed into a cemetery...I feel bad for the family's. Death is not good anytime but kids...

eaglefly 03-22-2009 05:06 PM

To my knowledge, the PC-12 doesn't have 17 seperate seatbelts for each pax.

I don't know who the operator is, but I see serious trouble here.

skidmark 03-22-2009 05:08 PM

unless there was alot of kids under 2. horriible story

captain152 03-22-2009 05:17 PM

My thoughts and prayers go out to all those involved. I REALLY hope that the operator of that aircraft was not operating illegally... I was fairly certain a PC-12 couldn't hold that many pax


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