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Posted: 7/8/2013 7:10:39 AM EDT
ANCHORAGE — An air taxi crashed Sunday at a small Alaska airport, killing all 10 people on board and leaving the aircraft engulfed in flames before firefighters could get to it, authorities said.
The de Havilland DHC3 Otter air taxi crashed at the airport in Soldotna, a community on the Kenai Peninsula about 75 miles southwest of Anchorage... Will Satathite, who was working Sunday at Rediske Air's Nikiski office, confirmed to the Peninsula Clarion newspaper that the aircraft was flown by Nikiski pilot and company owner Willy Rediske with nine passengers onboard.... So our company, Taiga Ventures, had chartered this plane to get to a jobsite in Chinitna Bay yesterday. Our crew boarded the plane, but then was asked to get off so a family of 9 people could get on and they would get our guys on the second trip. The plane of course didn't even make the first trip. While its still a disaster that this family died, our guys are counting their lucky stars this morning. Here's pics one of our crew members posted on facebook just before they were supposed to takeoff. 
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Posted: 7/8/2013 9:54:34 AM EDT
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Damn
And a family of 9 wiped out 
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Posted: 7/8/2013 10:04:50 AM EDT
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That's terrible.
Otters are a reliable aircraft in my experience. |
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Posted: 7/8/2013 10:09:43 AM EDT
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weird twist of fate to all involved,....
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Posted: 7/8/2013 4:08:12 PM EDT
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Tragic.
However I imagined a flaming semi aquatic mammal. |
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Posted: 7/8/2013 4:52:27 PM EDT
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weird twist of fate to all involved,.... You, sir, have one of the greatest avatars I've ever seen on ARF. 
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Posted: 7/9/2013 7:21:01 AM EDT
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weird twist of fate to all involved,.... You, sir, have one of the greatest avatars I've ever seen on ARF. well Thank You! 
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Posted: 7/9/2013 8:29:08 AM EDT
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weird twist of fate to all involved,.... You, sir, have one of the greatest avatars I've ever seen on ARF. I agree.It must drive obamabots crazy! |
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Posted: 7/11/2013 11:29:56 PM EDT
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Plane over weight?
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Posted: 7/12/2013 7:43:23 AM EDT
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Plane over weight? I doubt it. A turbine otter can haul a big load. 9 passengers should be fine unless they were nine 350 lb'ers. |
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Posted: 7/15/2013 4:46:48 PM EDT
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Quoted: Tragic. However I imagined a flaming semi aquatic mammal. So it's not just me? Though I keep envisioning a beaver bursting into flames. Course you can fly a Beaver too. |
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Posted: 7/26/2013 1:10:06 PM EDT
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That field sucks ass according to the pilots I talked to. A south wind rolls over the hill throwing turbulence and has slapped a few planes down.
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