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[Gene Buckle]

>Flight Safety Information (08JAN03-012)
>________________________________
>
>*Turkish Airlines Flight Crashes, Killing 72
>*Pilot made emergency call
>*Air Midwest Flight 5481 Notification #2
>*Further Information on US Airways Express Flight 5481
>*NTSB LAUNCHES A TEAM TO INVESTIGATE CRASH
> OF BEECH 1900 AIRCRAFT
>*Air Midwest Flight 5481 Crew and Partial
> Passenger Name List Notification #4
>*Airbus designer sees United as possible A380 buyer
>*********************************************
>
>Turkish Airlines Flight Crashes, Killing 72
>
>Interior Minister Says 5 of 77 Aboard Survived
>
>ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) ¯ A Turkish Airlines flight crashed Wednesday as
it
>tried to land at an airport in southeastern Turkey, killing 72 people,
>Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu said.
>
>The RJ-100 passenger aircraft, which was on its way from Istanbul,
crashed
>in a military area near the Diyarbakir airport, and soldiers were
helping to
>evacuate the injured, CNN-Turk television reported. Private NTV
television
>said the plane crashed in heavy fog.
>
>NTV television quoted Aksu as saying that the plane carried 77 people
and
>that there were only five survivors.
>
>Four of the injured were evacuated to nearby Diyarbakir hospital,
Anatolia
>reported. CNN-Turk television said the injured were in shock but had no
>life-threatening injuries.
>
>Doctors in the area were called to the city's main hospital to deal with
the
>injured, Anatolia reported. It was not clear if there were additional
>injured people who were being evacuated to the hospital.
>
>Diyarbakir is a largely Kurdish city some 625 miles southeast of
Istanbul
>and 75 miles north of the Syrian border.
>
>In May 2001, a military transport plane crashed in southeastern Turkey,
>killing 34 officers and soldiers from Turkey's elite special forces.
>
>A civilian jetliner crashed in eastern Turkey in 1991, killing 55
people,
>after the pilot insisted on landing despite a snowstorm that drastically
cut
>visibility.
>******
>
>Date: 08 JAN 2003
>Time: ca 19.17
>Type: Avro RJ.100
>Operator: Türk Hava Yollari - THY
>Registration: TC-...
>C/n: ?
>Year built:
>Crew: fatalities / 5 on board
>Passengers: fatalities / 71 on board
>Total: 72 fatalities / 76 on board
>Location: Diyarbakir Airport (DIY) (Turkey)
>Phase: ..Approach
>Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
>Departure airport: Istanbul-Atatürk Airport (IST)
>Destination airport: Diyarbakir Airport (DIY)
>Flightnumber: 634
>
>Remarks:
>The aircraft reportedly crashed on approach.
>METAR reports:
>LTCC 081650Z 32003KT 5000 BR FEW040 SCT100 05/03 Q1021 NOSIG=
>LTCC 081750Z 00000KT 3500 R34/3500D BR FEW040 SCT100 05/03 Q1021 NOSIG
>****************
>
>Pilot made emergency call
>
>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A US Airways Express/Air Midwest commuter plane
clipped
>a hangar and burst into flames Wednesday after taking off from the
>Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, killing 19 passengers and two
crew
>members.
>
>The National Transportation Safety Board, the FAA [Federal Aviation
>Administration] -- what are they planning on doing in the immediate
term?
>
>There are about 12 investigators, we heard from the NTSB, who will be
>heading down to this crash shortly, if they have not already left. They
will
>be looking at, as soon as they get there, specifically at the crash
site,
>they'll be looking at the position of that aircraft: Is it intact? Is
there
>anything on the runway that may have fallen off this plane, that may
give
>them indication of what happened?
>
>The Federal Aviation Administration said there was a cockpit call to the
air
>traffic control tower before the crash reporting some kind of emergency
but
>that it was cutoff before controllers were able to get any details. This
>makes retrieval of the cockpit voice recorder all the more crucial,
>officials said.
>
>US Airways is telling me that Mesa Airlines, which owns this Beech 1900,
in
>fact, does the maintenance on it. It operates for US Airways Express but
US
>Airways does not perform the maintenance.
>
>There was no flight attendant on board this flight, US Airways was
telling
>me, just a captain and co-pilot and then passengers ... because the
flight
>is so short, just 45 minutes.
>***************
>
>Air Midwest Flight 5481 Notification #2
>
>CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Air Midwest flight
5481, a
>Beechcraft-1900 going from Charlotte, N.C., to Greenville/Spartanburg,
S.C.,
>has been involved in an accident in Charlotte. It has been confirmed
that
>that the aircraft carried 19 passengers and two crewmembers.
>
>Authorities also have confirmed that there are no survivors. The
aircraft
>struck a US Airways maintenance hangar at the airport. There are no
injuries
>among US Airways employees working at that hangar and all of these
employees
>have been accounted for.
>
>Flight 5481 was operating as a US Airways Express flight.
>
>The entire US Airways family is deeply saddened by this tragic loss of
life.
>Working in cooperation with Air Midwest, we are doing everything
possible to
>help the families of the passengers and crew through this difficult
time.
>
>An Air Midwest special toll-free telephone number has been established
to
>call for information about those on board Flight 5481. The number is
>1-800-679-8215.
>
>Air Midwest will provide information on an ongoing basis, as it becomes
>available. Updates will be posted on US Airways' Web site at
usairways.com.
>Air Midwest, through its parent company Mesa Air Group, is handling
media
>inquiries. The new contact number for media to call is 1-602-685-4175.
>
>Source: US Airways
>**************
>
>Further Information on US Airways Express Flight 5481
>
>WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways Express
flight
>5481, which crashed earlier today in Charlotte, NC was a Raytheon 1900D
>model. The aircraft was manufactured in 1996 and at the time of the
>accident had 15,010 hours. Registration number of the Aircraft was
N233YV.
>Air Midwest has turned over to the FAA & NTSB all records relating
>maintenance and history of the Aircraft.
>
>The crew was composed of a Captain & First Officer. The captain was
Katie
>Leslie and the first officer was Jonathan Gibbs, both based in
Charlotte,
>NC. "Our deepest condolences go out to the families of these employees
who
>were exemplary members of the Air Midwest family," said Greg Stephens,
>President of Air Midwest, Inc.
>
>US Airways has established a special toll-free telephone number to call
for
>information about those on board Flight 5481. The number is
1-800-679-8215.
>
>Air Midwest along with officials from US Airways are enroute to
Charlotte to
>assist in the NTSB investigation.
>
>After securing the accident site this investigation has been turned over
to
>the NTSB. All future press inquiries regarding the accident
investigation
>of flight 5481 should be directed to the NTSB Public Affairs Office at
>202-314-6100.
>
>SOURCE Air Midwest
>*****************
>
>NTSB LAUNCHES A TEAM TO INVESTIGATE CRASH OF BEECH 1900 AIRCRAFT
>AT CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
>
>Washington, D.C. - The National Transportation Safety Board today
launched a
>Go-Team to investigate the crash of a Beech 1900 aircraft in Charlotte,
>North Carolina.
>
>At approximately 8:50 a.m. Eastern Standard Time today a Beech
>1900D, (N233YV) aircraft crashed on take-off at Charlotte/Douglas
airport in
>Raleigh, North Carolina. Nineteen passengers and 2 crew members were on
>board.
>
>Investigator-In-Charge Lorenda Ward will lead the Go-Team. Board Member
John
>Goglia will be the principal spokesperson on scene. Keith Holloway and
Paul
>Schlamm will be the Public Affairs Officers on-scene. Safety Board
>personnel will also be on-scene to assist family members. The team is
>scheduled to depart from Hangar 6 at Washington National Airport at
12:30
>p.m. EST.
>*****************
>
>Air Midwest Flight 5481 Crew and Partial Passenger Name List
Notification #4
>
>CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways' Family
Support
>Group, on behalf of Mesa Air Group, is contacting the families of
passengers
>and crew aboard Air Midwest Flight 5481.
>
>"All of us in the US Airways family are deeply saddened by today's Air
>Midwest accident in Charlotte and I wish to extend our deepest personal
>sympathy to the families and friends of passengers and crewmembers
aboard
>the aircraft. Our thoughts and prayers are with them," said President
and
>CEO David Siegel. "We will continue to do everything possible to help
them
>in the aftermath of this tragic event."
>
>A complete list of the passengers and crew on board Air Midwest Flight
5481
>has been provided to the National Transportation Safety Board and the
>Federal Aviation Administration. The following names of passengers and
crew
>are being released with the permission of families who have been
contacted
>at this time by specially trained representatives. Additional names will
be
>released as permission is granted:
>
>Albury, Caitlin West Palm Beach, Fla.
>
>Albury, Robin West Palm Beach, Fla.
>
>Congdon, Mark Baltimore, Md.
>
>Coyner, Keith Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
>
>Demartino, Forrest Dayton, Ohio
>
>Dubois, Sylvain Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
>
>Fonte, Richard E. Jacksonville, N.C.
>
>Gibbs, Jonathan (First Officer) Charlotte, N.C.
>
>Krassas, Steven J. Richmond, Va.
>
>Leslie, Katie (Captain) Charlotte, N.C.
>
>Spiak, Joseph M. Boston
>
>Sylvia, Ralph Richmond, Va.
>
>Mesa Air Group has established a special toll-free telephone number to
call
>for families of passengers on board flight 5481. The number is
>1-800-679-8215. Updates on Air Midwest Flight 5481 also are being posted
on
>US Airways' Web site at usairways.com and by the Mesa Air Group at
>mesa-air.com.
>
>SOURCE US Airways
>******
>
>Date: 08 JAN 2003
>Time: 08.53h
>Type: Beechcraft 1900D
>Operator: US Airways Express / Air Midwest
>Registration: N233YV
>C/n: UE-233
>Year built: 1996
>Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67D
>Crew: 2 fatalities / 2 on board
>Passengers: 19 fatalities / 19 on board
>Total: 21 fatalities / 21 on board
>Location: Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, NC (CLT) (USA)
>Phase: Take-off
>Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
>Departure airport: Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, NC (CLT)
>Destination airport: Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, SC (GSP)
>Flightnumber: 5481
>
>Remarks:
>The Beech 1900D turned left after takeoff from runway 18R and struck the
>corner of a large USAirways hangar.
>METAR around the time of the accident:
>KCLT 081251Z 22006KT 10SM SCT140 BKN250 03/M07 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP075
>T00331072= KCLT 081351Z 23007KT 10SM SCT140 BKN250 04/M06 A2976 RMK AO2
>SLP079 T00391061= KCLT 081451Z 24008KT 210V290 10SM FEW140 BKN250 07/M04
>A2977 RMK AO2 SLP083 T00671044 53008=
>*****************
>
>Airbus designer sees United as possible A380 buyer
>
>CHICAGO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - United Airlines, operating in bankruptcy
after
>record losses, remains a potential buyer of the A380, a huge plane that
>Europe's Airbus is developing to carry nearly 600 passengers on long
>flights, according to the jet's designer.
>
>Jens Hinrichsen, director of the A380 design, said he still expects
United
>will order the giant plane after it eventually recovers from its current
>disastrous financial state.
>
>"They will recover," said Hinrichsen, a 25-year Airbus veteran who has
>played a role in development of much of the Airbus fleet.
>
>The world's second-largest airline, based in the Chicago suburb of Elk
Grove
>Village, Illinois, filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. courts on Dec. 9 and
is
>expected to take several years to emerge. The filing by United, parent
UAL
>Corp. and subsidiaries was the largest bankruptcy in aviation history.
>