Unconscious at the controls, twice within a week!

[Rotorwork]

Accident 30th August 14

 

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=169388

 

A single-engine airplane that was scheduled to land in Manassas crashed Saturday into the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia coast, authorities said.

 

The Coast Guard said the pilot, the only person on board, appeared unconscious as the plane flew southeast, at about 13,000 feet, through Washington’s restricted airspace and eventually across Virginia’s eastern shore.

 

The plane eventually ran out of fuel and crashed about 50 miles southeast of Chincoteague, the Coast Guard said.

 

The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane, a Cirrus SR22, had departed from Waukesha County Airport in Wisconsin and was headed to Manassas Regional Airport. The straight line distance is about 630 miles.

 

According to the FAA, the pilot had not been responding to radio calls since 1 p.m. The plane crashed into the ocean about 3:17 p.m., the FAA said.

 

The Coast Guard said two F-16 fighter jets moved alongside the plane to investigate after it was reported in the restricted airspace around Washington.

 

The F-16s escorted the plane until it the ran out of fuel and plunged into the water, the Coast Guard said.

 

The airmen came close enough to the plane to see that the pilot was not conscious, the Coast Guard said.

 

A spokeswoman for NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said the F-16 pilots saw the Cirrus pilot slumped over but could not rouse him.

 

The pilot was not identified. It was not known what caused the pilot to lose consciousness.

 

A search for the pilot was under way. The crash is under investigation.

 

Accident 5th September 14

 

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=169555

 

A light plane has crashed in waters off Jamaica after flying erratically for hours with an unresponsive pilot, sparking a fighter jet escort.

 

The fighter jets peeled away before the plane entered Cuban airspace, which the plane crossed before heading across open water towards Jamaica.

 

The US Federal Aviation Administration said flight controllers lost contact with the plane at 10:00am (local time), prompting the North American Aerospace Defence Command to scramble two F-15 jets.

 

US and Jamaican coast guard ships were both sent to respond to the crash scene.

 

NBC News, citing unnamed US officials, said the pilot was seen "unconscious and slumped over" in the cockpit.

 

At least two people have been killed in the crash.

 

Rochester real estate developer Larry Glazer and his wife Jane were killed, a spokesman said. Mr Glazer was a pilot, but there was no confirmation he was flying the plane.

 

US aviation officials said the seven-seat aircraft took off from Rochester, New York and was heading to Naples, Florida. It is unclear exactly how many people were on board.

 

"We are devastated by the tragic and sudden loss of our parents, Jane and Larry Glazer," the couple's children said.

 

"We understand that there are many questions yet to be answered about today's events, and we too are awaiting answers."

 

The plane went down 22 kilometres north of Port Antonio on the north-east coast of the island, according to a Jamaican official, who said "search and rescue operations are underway".

 

 

[fly_tornado]

I was thinking about the cirrus, be a good way to suicide, plane insurance pays out and your life insurance

 

 

[gandalph]

I was thinking about the cirrus, be a good way to suicide, plane insurance pays out and your life insurance

Don't do it FT. We would miss you.

 

 

[fly_tornado]

ok you talked me out of doing it

 

 

[rankamateur]

ok you talked me out of doing it

Oh if it was always that easy!

 

 

[fly_tornado]

I am one of those people that are easily influenced by what I read on the interweb.

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

it would be easier to just crashyour car into a tree

Please don't. People like me have to clean up the mess.