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Bodies Fall Out of Sky As Planes Collide (updated 1/22 at 1215)

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djones520:

--- Quote ---One of the planes, a Cessna 172, is registered to William A. Reinke of La Habra, Calif, according to aircraft databases. Reached at his home Sunday night, Reinke declined to say who was flying his plane or who might have been on board.
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This part of the story pisses me off.  I think it's safe to assume that the authorities have not yet released the identity of those dead, since they haven't even got a firm number on how many died yet.

But no...  the media leeches found a way to find out.  What if it had been William who had been flying that aircraft.  His wife, or kids would have found out about him dying from some reporter who doesn't give a damn about anything but their story.

Wretched Excess:
Sun is a suspect in plane crash

Federal investigators are trying to determine how the pilots of two small planes failed to see each other before colliding over Corona on a clear Sunday afternoon, leaving five dead and showering wreckage over a busy auto mall.

Veteran pilots said the skies above Corona and the Inland Empire are typically congested on weekends, often with student pilots and instructors, and the local airport has no air traffic control tower -- meaning those in the sky must be vigilant and look out for other airplanes.

Patrick Crask, 41, who routinely flies out of Corona, said he had planned a flight Sunday but decided against it because the sun was so bright he worried about visibility on takeoff.

"The sun can often be almost unbearable," the Corona resident said. "If you were to come here at around 4 p.m., the sun is blinding for a good two minutes. You need to take extra precautions."

Inspectors with the National Transportation Safety Board said they were investigating whether the afternoon sun played a role in the 3:35 p.m. collision.

Both of the planes -- a Cessna 172 and a Cessna 150 -- appeared to have sustained damage to their midsections, and the wings of one plane ripped off, ejecting both pilot and passenger. Authorities said two people aboard each plane died in the crash and a fifth person, a man sitting in an office at a Chevrolet dealership, was killed when debris slammed through the building's roof.

The two Cessnas collided about a mile from the small Corona Municipal Airport, just north of the Riverside Freeway, said Wayne Pollack, an NTSB investigator.

Debris scattered as far as 1,000 yards from the main crash site, and the fuselage of one plane landed on a parked car. Corona police said one bystander sprained his wrist while fleeing a building that was hit by wreckage.

Both pilots in Sunday's crash were licensed and had experience navigating the skies around Corona, according to the owner of one of the planes.

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PatriotGame:

--- Quote from: Wretched Excess on January 21, 2008, 03:13:20 PM ---
--- Quote ---Bodies Fall Out of Sky As Planes Collide
'There Were Bodies Falling Out of the Sky' -- at Least 5 Dead As Planes Collide Over California

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"There were bodies falling out of the sky," eyewitness Hector Hernandez told KCBS-TV. "One of them crashed into the top of a Ford Mustang, and another one fell not too far behind that one on the parking lot."

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how freaking horrible is that? :o

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Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half-past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men.

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I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet!
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Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean


Crass I know but I have nothing positive to contribute to this thread.  :o

SilverOrchid:
Damn, I didn't even hear about this here.

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