Jet crashes on landing at Aspen Airport

[Manifestor_of_Light]

Source: CNN.com

(CNN) -- A small plane crashed while trying to land at the Aspen, Colorado, airport Sunday afternoon, according to the FAA and local officials.

There was no immediate word on the fate of those on board the twin-engine jet, which FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer said was a Bombardier Challenger 600 that was coming from Tucson, Arizona.

Photos posted on Twitter showed the plane upside down on the tarmac, its fuselage charred.

Two celebrities, who were at the small airport in the Aspen ski resort area, posted Twitter messages saying they witnessed the crash.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/05/us/colorado-plane-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

[mn9driver]

1. The Challenger 600 isn't that small.

Its capacity is 19 passengers

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

2. BREAKING NEWS: One dead, two injured after private jet crash at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport

http://www.aspentimes.com/news/9624165-113/airport-aspen-jet-county?show=comments

Flight track of plane making missed approaches: http://t.co/CkXc0IIb9n

Time-lapse of Aspen area today. Find the Airport, zoom in, and then watch the time-lapse: http://aspen.roundshot.ch/power-of-four

[Major Nikon]

4. Better picture. Originated from Dallas (KDAL)

[civillawyer]

3. Prayers up

Also saw that Kevin Nealon live-tweeted this accident.

[Brettongarcia]

5. Colorado legalizes pot; planes start to crash?

Serious medical studies on the effects of various drugs on pilots, found that pilots who were say, drunk, messed up everything. But pilots on pot would tend to just space out one or two things. Problem is, we never know WHICH things; like maybe, letting down the wheels, say.

In the present case though, the error seems to have been from Aspen control tower. Radio from the aircraft suggested flyover due to 30 knot tail wind; ground control simply told flight they were cleared to land....

[Major Nikon]

6. It's not up to the tower to tell them they can't land unless the runway is closed

If you want to land with a 30 knot tail wind, the tower will most certainly accommodate you unless it interferes with other traffic.