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Seven children among 14 dead in Montana plane crash

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by deskslave, Mar 22, 2009.

  1. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

    Re: Numerous children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash

    Of course it's not much of a report. It's in friggin' Montana. Not exactly an area where the AP maintains a large bureau.
     
  2. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Re: Numerous children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash

    It crashed into a cemetary? Seriously??

    http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2009/03/22/breaking/hjjajghhiagjjh.txt
     
  3. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

    Re: Numerous children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash

     
  4. SportsGuyBCK

    SportsGuyBCK Active Member

    Re: Numerous children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash

    Even if most of the passengers were kids, 17 is way overloaded for this aircraft ...

    From Wikipedia:

    The Pilatus PC-12 is a single-engine turboprop passenger and cargo aircraft manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. The main market for the aircraft is corporate transport and regional airliner operators.
    As with many other Pilatus aircraft, the PC-12 is powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B turboprop engine. It is certified for single-pilot IFR operations, though operators may choose to utilize a second flight crew member. The PC-12 is offered in standard nine-seat airliner form, in a four-passenger seat/freight Combi version, as a six-seat corporate transport, and as a seven-seat corporate transport with the inclusion of an aft three-seat bench. A pure freighter model is under consideration.
     
  5. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Re: Numerous children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash

    I'm not a pilot, but if you're under the weight limit for the plane then it shouldn't matter how many people you put in it, right?
     
  6. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    Re: Numerous children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash

    As long as you have seatbelts and such, sure.

    If the weight and balance (read: center of gravity) was off, the plane would've crashed seconds after takeoff.
     
  7. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Re: Numerous children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash

    Children have their whole lives in front of them. No question there is a difference.
     
  8. Oggiedoggie

    Oggiedoggie Well-Known Member

    Re: Numerous children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash

    So far, they've recovered 186 bodies.
     
  9. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Re: Numerous children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash

    badddddddd
     
  10. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    Re: Numerous children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash

    An update with not much new information:

    http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2009/03/23/area/hjjajghgjcicfg.txt
     
  11. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    Re: Numerous children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash

    that's what i was getting at.
     
  12. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Re: Numerous children among 17 dead in Montana plane crash

    Only if they were just born. Adults have lot of life ahead of them, too.

    The truth is, there's no real way to quantify it. A 30-year-old adult who will live to 80 has more life ahead of him than a 10-year-old who will live to 50.
     
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