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Rama 05-22-2023 04:15 PM

Ferry Flight Bound For Hawaii Crashes
 
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/0...rn-california/

JohnBurke 05-22-2023 05:18 PM

That's a long damn flight in a twin otter.

Just not this time.

All the fuel in the world doesn't do much good if you can't use it.

galaxy flyer 05-22-2023 06:30 PM

Pretty early to say fuel starvation. Likeliest, yes, but need the investigation.

rickair7777 05-22-2023 08:59 PM

They were going NORCAL to HI but only made it 40NM out to sea??? That would be some pretty epic fuel mismanagement, if that's what it was.

And how hard is it switch tanks or whatever before ending up in the drink?

Although if a ferry tank was involved, there could have been plumbing issues.

Rama 05-22-2023 10:11 PM

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/articl...iles-off-half/
They turned around because they knew they had an issue. Contacted the Coast Guard when it was apparent they could not back it back to land.

TransWorld 05-23-2023 07:20 AM


Originally Posted by Rama (Post 3640281)
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/articl...iles-off-half/
They turned around because they knew they had an issue. Contacted the Coast Guard when it was apparent they could not back it back to land.

How far out did they get, before they turned around? Two hours out, almost two hours back. Hmmm…

SeamusTheHound 05-23-2023 08:00 AM


Originally Posted by TransWorld (Post 3640387)
How far out did they get, before they turned around? Two hours out, almost two hours back. Hmmm…

Does FlightAware have the info?

JohnBurke 05-23-2023 08:26 AM

Fear not. Juan Brown will be along momentarily to save us all the trouble of an investigation. Juan has the answers. It's on youtube, after all.

Airhoss 05-25-2023 04:16 AM

My question is how did they wind up killing themselves while ditching a twin otter? Something went bad wrong on that water landing.

rickair7777 05-25-2023 07:04 AM


Originally Posted by Airhoss (Post 3641331)
My question is how did they wind up killing themselves while ditching a twin otter? Something went bad wrong on that water landing.

Waves. And no floats, if it had floats they probably removed them to get more range.

Personally, I'd vastly prefer to ditch a retract than fixed gear.


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