02.10.2019 - USA: havárie historického bombardéru B-17, 7 mrtvých

North of town Hartford, CT the crash occurred bomber Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, aboard one bolo 13 ľudí. The machine crashed a short while after vzlete, the number of victims, zatiaľ nie is aware, niekoľko ľudí was transported to the hospital.

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A crashed machine to own company Collings Foundation, bol this machine Boeing B-17G-85-DL, výrobné number 44-83575, civilné registračné number N93012 nesúci farby engine, and the B-17G s/n 42-31909 "Nine-0-Nine".



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On board the sa nachádzalo except a little členov crew aj 10 pasažierov. To hospital bolo prevezených 5 injured as a result, the fate of some beds nie is known. Self nie is aware of the fate of the act of the person nachádzajúcej sa on the ground that sa nachádzala in mieste the crash.

Airplane bolo súčasťou prehliadky Wings of Freedom Tour nadácie Collings Foundation. On letisku Bradley bolo issued päť historical lietadiel second svetovej war and uskutočňovali sa aj vyhliadkové years ago.

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according to other stories, it is already 7 dead Sad Sad Sad ... according to the nize uvedeneho description of one of the motor mel after the start of the problem (some sources hovori o pozaru engine number three), the pilot entered the okamzity back to the airport, but crashed into a building near the deicingu


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Hartford Connecticut 7 dead, 7 injured in crash of World War II B-17G bomber at Connecticut's Bradley International Airport.

At least seven people were killed and seven were injured when a B-17G bomber "Nine-O-Nine" crashed shortly after taking off from Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks Wednesday morning, officials said.

The B-17G bomber, owned by the Collings Foundation of Stow, Massachusetts, crashed shortly before 10 a.m. then bursting into flames and sending up a large plume of smoke that could be seen for miles. Airport Administrator Kevin Dillon said the aircraft crashed into an airport building as it was trying to make an emergency landing.

State public safety Commissioner James Rovella said seven people died in the crash and six survived. The survivors have injuries ranging from minor's critical, he said. Three of the six victims taken to Hartford Hospital are in critical condition.Two have moderate injuries, and one was described as "minimally injured." Two of the injured were transferred it to Bridgeport Hospital for treatment of burns, officials said. Other passengers were taken to Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford.

“All but three of those families have been notified," Rovella said during an evening briefing at the Sheraton hotel at Bradley. He said the victims would not be identified until Thursday at the earliest

State troopers interviewed some of the survivors and he said someone on the plane kicked open a hatch allowing some to escape the burning aircraft. Airport employees ran to the plane to help people get out of the burning airplane.

There were 10 passengers and three crew members on the bomber when it crashed. One person on the ground was injured when the airplane struck a small building and de-icing fluid tanks. And a firefighter also suffered minor injuries.

The airplane was largely consumed by the fire, which was fed by the aircraft's fuel. The left wing and tail appear to be all that remain of the airplane. And the National Transportation Safety Board team arrived at the airport about 4 p.m. and has begun its investigation, said NTSB member Jennifer Homendy.

"Our mission is to determine what happened, why it happened and prevent it from happening again," she said. Robert Gretz, a senior aviation investigator for the NTSB will lead the investigation.

Homendy said the NTSB is looking to the public for any information that could assist it with its investigation and asked anyone with video, photos or other information to this email witness@ntsb.gov.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the B-17 took off from the airports runway 6 at about 9:45 and.m. “At about 9:50 and.m. the crew contacted the tower and reported an issue with the airplane. We are looking into that report for further information. We know that the crew circled back to the runway 6 and attempted to land on runway 6."

As it touched down, the airplane "impacted the instrument landing system stanchions, veered to the right, over a grassy area, over the taxiway and impacted the deicing facility".

The NTSB will issue and the preliminary report in seven to 10 days, the full investigation reports take 12 to 18 months to complete.

The account matches the one given earlier in the day by the airport Administrator Kevin Dillon, who said the aircraft went out of control as it touched down and crashed into the deicing facility. "We did observe that the aircraft was not getting any altitude," Dillon said.

According to radio transmissions between the airplane and the tower, the pilot was reporting a problem with the Well. 4 engine. The tower diverted other aircraft on approach to Bradley so that the B-17 could land.

Rovella said state police, the FBI, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Homeland Security are assisting the NTSB.

The bomber was owned by the The Collings Foundation, a Massachusetts nonprofit that restores World War II-era aircraft. The aircrafts travel the county and are open for people to tour. The Bradley stop was the organization's third in Connecticut in the past month.

The organization also offers a 30 - to 40-minute flight experiences on the bombers for a $450 donation. It was departing on one of those flights when the crash occurred. It was one of five planes; two fighter planes and three bombers that were at the airport this week for tours and flights through the organization's Wings of Freedom Tour. The B-17 was one of about 10 in the country considered to be airworthy.

The B-17 does not have traditional airliner seats, but the makeshift seats with seat belts that passengers use to secure themselves for takeoff and landing. Once the plane is airborne, the passengers are able to walk through the aircraft that take photos, observe the pilots, crawl into the bombardier position in the nose of the aircraft, and visit the navigator's station just below the flight deck. The passengers typically are seated in the mid-section of the fuselage, just above and behind the wings.

According to the audio transmissions of the moments before the crash, and the pilot said he'd "like to return to the field."

The controller said, "What's the reason for coming back?"

Pilot: "Number 4 engine, we'd like to return and blow it out."

Controller: "You can proceed to runway 6 and you said you need an immediate landing?"

Pilot: "When you get a chance yeah."

Controller: "I just want to make sure because we have air traffic coming in can you go or do you need to be on the ground right now?"

The pilot clarified that he needed to land and the controller directed air traffic away from the airport.

The Collings B-17G bomber was built in 1944. The foundation bought it in 1986 and restored it from a firefighting airplane to its World War II configuration, painting it in the scheme of the Nine-O-Nine, and the bomber that flew in 140 combat missions in Europe. The plane snake, and a minor crash and a year later an airshow outside of Pittsburgh, rolling off the end of a runway and smashing through a chain link fence before it "roared down a 100-foot ravine and thundering feet," according to the Collings Foundation website. The plane suffered significant damage and there were injuries but no fatalities.

The plane snake another minor incident during a tour stop in Nebraska in 1995 when part of its landing gear would not lock in place. An emergency landing took place at a nearby Iowa airport where the plane touched down on one wheel. As the plane slowed and halt, its wing dragged for about 700 feet resulting in minor damage.


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According to the available photographic and film materials, the machine crashed into a parked airport technology, reservoir (cistern) and the buildings of the metal structure. Tray and 1 of the buildings appear to be severely damaged, practically destroyed one vehicle and at least another one could be damaged. From the machine to best preserve the greater part of the left wing and virtually the entire tail section, which also exhibits the smallest visible damage. One of the engines ended up in the wall of the building, the other seems to be placed on the tray, amongst the rubble is still well seen the right wing with a covering considerably charred, most likely the right undercarriage leg and probably the turret. Furthermore, they measure about some of the larger parts of the airframe most likely the inner part of the hull. The rest of the airplane appears to be the fire completely destroyed or greatly damaged.









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