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Drifter
PostPosted: 03 Oct 2019, 07:49 
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Bradley Airport has partially reopened following the B17 plane crash earlier Wednesday; All seven fatalities were onboard the plane with six survivors and two people injured on the ground

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/loc ... 69581.html
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PostPosted: 03 Oct 2019, 10:33 
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Don't know why they turned back to try land on runway 23..they lost an engine.

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PostPosted: 03 Oct 2019, 11:05 
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Sad indeed. :cry:

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PostPosted: 03 Oct 2019, 15:21 
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Airfire wrote:
Don't know why they turned back to try land on runway 23..they lost an engine.


They were looping back.
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absolutely tragic event. Incredible that there were survivors.

It seems like the aircraft hit a obstacle when landing, causing it to veer off into the buildings.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/03/us/connecticut-b17-plane-crash/index.html

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It is sad.

What is shocking is how many people when seeing the post re the accident on social media sites actually posted :lol: emojies and :heart: (love it). IMHO sic to say the least.
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