Light Aircraft Crash @ Cork Airport

radar0976

From "TheJournal.ie"- Breaking: There has been an incident at Cork airport involving a light aircraft. More details to come.

Tabnabs

A photo from this source
http://bit.ly/epiVMS

Following the story here
http://twitter.com/iweatheronline

mike65

8 dead apparently.

death1234567

jesus, flight from belfast. 8 dead according to plastic sheeting unconfirmed though.

StickyMcGinty

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0210/breaking19.html

12 aboard apparently. Manx2 flight from Belfast

Sundew

mike65 wrote: »

8 dead apparently.

There has just been a report "Newsflash" on Radio 1. Yes there are fatalities according to Pascal Sheedy!

TPMP

death1234567 wrote: »

jesus, flight from belfast. 8 dead 14 injured according to plastic sheeting.

Any idea what plane it was? I presume its an Aer Arann/Aer Lingus ATR?

n0irin

Oh no, that's awful! All the news sites are suddenly talking about it, but there doesn't seem to be much concrete info on it...

Bigcheeze

TPMP wrote: »

Any idea what plane it was? I presume its an Aer Arann/Aer Lingus ATR?

Manx flight from Belfast

StickyMcGinty

TPMP wrote: »

Any idea what plane it was? I presume its an Aer Arann/Aer Lingus ATR?

from Manx2 wikipedia page..

Manx2 Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Notes
BAe Jetstream 1 Operated by Links Air
Dornier Do 228 3 Operated by FLM Aviation
Let L-410 2 Operated by Van Air Europe
Swearingen Metroliner 1 Operated by Flightline bcn
Total 8

christy c

Very sad, R.I.P.

premiercad

rte reporting 8 dead 14 injured

might be this one

http://www.flickr.com/photos/manx2/4290514576/

Sundew

n0irin wrote: »

Oh no, that's awful! All the news sites are suddenly talking about it, but there doesn't seem to be much concrete info on it...

I guess that's because emergency services are still at the scene.
There may be a bit more info on the 11 o clock news.
http://twitter.com/rtenews

Plowman

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dcr22B

premiercad wrote: »

rte reporting 8 dead 14 injured

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/plane-crashes-at-cork-airport-2534085.html

Only 12 on board according to the Indo?

death1234567

Airport closed all inbound and outbound flights cancelled or moved to shannon. Crashed Flight number = nn71001

Sundew

Update: All inbound flights cancelled. Diversions to Shannon.
Fatalities are still "unconfirmed" but reporters have been told to expect the worst. R.I.P. Very sad news!

TheJims

RIP and best wishes to Families involved.

premiercad

http://www.manx2.com/cgi-bin/airkiosk/I7/191003?110210105430.83.147.179.10.18846+/manx2/I7/EN/static/ouraircraft.html



vis was 350 m Cat II at time of crash

RIP

premiercad

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...t-2534085.html

Only 12 on board according to the Indo?

ya reports all over the place

10 Passengers 2 crew now thanks

Plowman

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Tabnabs

IAA statement

Aircraft Crashes at Cork

Flight Avia No FLT400C a metroliner SW4 with ten passengers and two crew has crashed at Cork Airport. No details of injuries or fatalities are available. The aircraft made an approach to Runway 17 in low vis conditions (Category 2) and went around and did not land and attempted a second landing on Runway 35. The aircraft then went around a second time and came back for an approach to Runway 17. On the second approach to Runway 17 the aircraft crashed adjacent to Taxiway C. Rescue and Fire crew are in attendance. There is a fire and debris has been scattered onto the runway and over a wide area. The accident will be investigated by the Air Accident Unit of the Dept. of Transport. This correct at this time and may be amended as more detail becomes available.

ENDS

Contact: 01 603 1592, 01 603 1587, 01 603 1589

shamwari

Dreadful dreadful news. RIP to those who have passed away

donnacha

This is awful news. RIP.

Lapin

R.I.P to those who lost their lives and thoughts with their loved ones at this time.

SeanDoe

****.just heard it on my local radio staion,eye withnesses say they heard a big bang,then seen a huge fireball.
The thejournal.ie says this http://jrnl.ie/81830

paulhardman

RIP. Can anyone explain to me why a landing would be attempted on RWY 17, then a go around and then attempt RWY 35? Isn't 35 the opposite end of 17?

Tabnabs

More distant photos

http://bit.ly/g26IQL
http://bit.ly/hUpL8Z

Bigcheeze

paulhardman wrote: »

RIP. Can anyone explain to me why a landing would be attempted on RWY 17, then a go around and then attempt RWY 35? Isn't 35 the opposite end of 17?

Yes it is. May have looked less foggy at that end as it's over a mile away. If there's no wind which there wouldn't be in fog they could land at either end.

Old_-_School

3 dead, 2 still trapped in the plane. Hopefully the death toll doesn't rise above 3.

LXFlyer

Dreadful news - RIP to those on board that have passed away.

DOCARCH

Terrible news! RIP

According to Sky News, aircraft crashed on its third attempt to land?

RTE News saying 8 dead *

* Now saying more likely 3 dead with 3 to 4 people trapped and the remaining have been brought to hospital.

Bigcheeze

DOCARCH wrote: »

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According to Sky News, aircraft crashed on its third attempt to land?

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Yes IAA statement confirmed that. Probably the most reliable source

Tabnabs

Eyewitness report says front half of fueslage is intact

http://www.rte.ie/player/#l=7

mike65

3 attempts to land I think I heard.

DOCARCH

Aircraft involved confirmed as a Fairchild Metroliner.

Mental Mickey

WTF is wrong with the muppets who update the Sky News website?

The main page says 8 have died, but when you open the story, it is reporting that 3 have died?? Shoddy journalism.

Anyway RIP those who have died.

greendragon3

my brother in law flew into cork earlier this morning , said the fog was deperate bad , he said that the plane that crashed made 3 attempts to land and on the third go he came in too quick landed heavy , bounced and cartwheeled up the runway !

Sundew

5 confirmed dead from the hospital by RTE

Tabnabs

Confirmed from hospital - 5 dead.

http://www.rte.ie/player/#l=7

premiercad

Tower could not even see the accident as vis was that bad

greendragon3

im only saying what he told me , he is there , why else would the plane bounce if he wasnt going too quick ???

kfk

Cork County Council saying 6 dead and 6 injured

Mental Mickey

kfk wrote: »

Cork County Council saying 6 dead and 6 injured

Ghost Train

http://twitpic.com/3y9kf8

close photo here
plane upside down

tail looks like this
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq152/belboy15/IMG_8934.jpg

rebel girl 15

There will be a press conference in about 15 mins

Ghost Train

another here from ah thread
http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/238952733.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1297339912&Signature=gMCrfmqQuBPgQxft6ayAyxch7r4%3D

front of plane looks worst

AGC

Spanish flag on the tail

Would it have been a leased aircraft?

Ghost Train

Sundew

AGC wrote: »

Spanish flag on the tail

Would it have been a leased aircraft?

I heard on a news bulletin earlier that it was Spanish owned and was a leased aircraft.

TrackBarChaser

http://avherald.com/h?article=4379bc53&opt=0