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

Severne od mesta Hartford, CT došlo k havárii bombardéru Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, na palube ktorého bolo 13 ľudí. Stroj havaroval krátko po vzlete, počet obetí zatiaľ nie je známy, niekoľko ľudí bolo odvezených do nemocnice.

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Havarovaný stroj patril spoločnosti Colling Foundation, bol to stroj Boeing B-17G-85-DL, výrobné číslo 44-83575, civilné registračné číslo N93012 nesúci farby stroja B-17G s/n 42-31909 "Nine-0-Nine".



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Na palube sa nachádzalo okrem troch členov osádky aj 10 pasažierov. Do nemocnice bolo prevezených 5 zranených, osud ostatných osôb nie je známy. Rovnako nie je známy osud jednej osoby nachádzajúcej sa na zemi, ktorá sa nachádzala v mieste havárie.


Lietadlo bolo súčasťou prehliadky Wings of Freedom Tour nadácie Collings Foundation. Na letisku Bradley bolo vystavených päť historických lietadiel druhej svetovej vojny a uskutočňovali sa aj vyhliadkové lety.


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podle dalsich zprav je jiz 7 mrtvych Sad Sad Sad ... dle nize uvedeneho popisu se zda, ze jeden z motoru mel po startu problem (nektere zdroje hovori o pozaru motoru cislo tri), pilot zadal o okamzity navrat na letiste, ale narazil do budovy pobliz 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 to 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 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 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. 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. A 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 to 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 email witness@ntsb.gov.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the B-17 took off from the airports runway 6 at about 9:45 a.m. “At about 9:50 a.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 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 a preliminary report in seven to 10 days, full investigation reports take 12 to 18 months to complete.

The account matches one given earlier in the day by 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 No. 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 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 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 to take photos, observe the pilots, crawl into the bombardier position in the nose of the aircraft, and visit the navigator 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 audio transmissions of the moments before the crash, a 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, a bomber that flew in 140 combat missions in Europe. The plane had a minor crash 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 to a thundering stop,″ according to the Collings Foundation website. The plane suffered significant damage and there were injuries but no fatalities.

The plane had 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 to a halt, its wing dragged for about 700 feet resulting in minor damage.


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Dle dostupných fotografických a filmových podkladů stroj narazil do zaparkované letištní techniky, zásobníku (cisterny) a do budov kovové konstrukce. Zásobník a 1 z budov se jeví značně poškozeny, prakticky zničeno bylo jedno vozidlo a minimálně další jedno mohlo být poškozeno. Ze stroje se nejlépe zachovaly větší část levého křídla a prakticky celá ocasní část, která zároveň vykazuje nejmenší viditelné poškození. Jeden z motorů skončil ve zdi budovy, další se zdá být umístěn na zásobníku, mezi troskami je ještě dobře patrno pravé křídlo s potahem značně ohořelým, nejpravděpodobněji pravá podvozková noha a zřejmě i střelecká věž. Dále jsou patrny některé větší části draku nejpravděpodobněji vnitřní části trupu. Zbytek letounu se jeví ohněm zcela zničen nebo značně poškozen.









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