Did they ever issue a final report on the Wellstone crash? And have

[harrison]

they found the anthrax killer?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Oh, now...

Your feigning surprise is totally unconvincing. ;-)

[Lizz612]

2. Anthrax no, Wellstone I'm pretty sure they did

Bad weather mostly, the pilot was of questionable competence. That’s what most people concluded, but you don't have to throw away that tin hat.

[cherryperry]

3. I am not happy about this!

A quote:


The pilot had reported no problems before and there was no severe weather in the area at the time, the Federal Aviation Administration said.


Now the same story says this:


The cause of the crash was not immediately known, but sources (which sources? - P.O.) told ABCNEWS that during the pre-flight weather briefing, the pilots were told they they would have "adverse icing conditions throughout the flight."



For the complete story with comments pro and con (also, referencing the "death" of Mel Carnahan...), here's your link:

http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/36490


:cry:

[Cha]

4. The victim's familes of the Wellstone Crash got $25 million

I read that on DU a little while ago!

And no anthrax killers yet!

[dflprincess]

7. The NTSB report has not been released

The wrongful death suit filed by the familes was settled this week. According to the local users, many lawyers, including those involved with aviation law, were surprised the case was settled so quickly.

The settlement blamed Aviation Charter and said the crash was caused by pilot error. This was a civil suit and has nothing to do with the NTSB - but did we ever really expect to hear anything but "pilot error" (once it became obvious that the weather story wouldn't work)?

[cherryperry]

8. Well, when a civil suit is settled 'so quickly',

I get an alert and it ain't good!

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

5. Carnahan 2000...Wellstone 2002...Who's Next?

n/t

[cherryperry]

6. Think about it for a while and I'm

sure you'll come up with a few possibilities ...


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