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Old 03-22-2009 | 03:36 PM
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Anybody know anything about this?

17 Dead in Montana Plane Crash
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Old 03-22-2009 | 03:38 PM
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I have no earthly idea how you would put 17 people into a PC-12...
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Old 03-22-2009 | 03:41 PM
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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???
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Old 03-22-2009 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by FlexThrust
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.
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Old 03-22-2009 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by BoilerUP
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.
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Old 03-22-2009 | 04:39 PM
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Reports are that it took a nose-dive 500 feet from the runway and that no may-day went out. RIP to all pax.
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Old 03-22-2009 | 05:01 PM
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It crashed into a cemetery...I feel bad for the family's. Death is not good anytime but kids...
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Old 03-22-2009 | 05:06 PM
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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.
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Old 03-22-2009 | 05:08 PM
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unless there was alot of kids under 2. horriible story
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Old 03-22-2009 | 05:17 PM
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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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