B-17 Flying Fortress crashes at Bradley AP

[John]

always a risk flying these things

7 killed in aircraft crash at Bradley airport

There were six survivors of a fiery plane crash Wednesday morning at Bradley...

www.nhregister.com

 

[ctchamps]

Horrible tragedy.

 

[huskeynut]

OMG. A tragedy to be sure.

 

[NYC_HUSKY22]

oh man this is terrible.

I've been on a huge WWII history kick lately. just finished re-reading "A Higher Call" about one of the crews of a B-17 and the german pilot who spared them (great read btw - highly recommend it).

I remember when they were doing a tour near me, and I saw one of the "four motors" right over my head in NNJ. There aren't many left that are still flying.

Hope everyone is OK

 

[storrsroars]

Oddly, I'm watching Memphis Belle while reading about this.

 

[Dove]

Casualties are 13 on board and a civilian on ground. Plane got 800 feet and then dropped. Crashed into a maintenance building.

Local news said 6 people were taken to a Hartford hospital. 2 people were said to have died. No new word on more, if any.

One runway will open at 1:30.

 

[uconnfan68]

Looked like it crashed into a fuel tank, but they said later it was part of the deicing operations, not fueling.

 

[sledog]

How long before this is in the NTSB investigates series?

 

[Peacefrog]

I went up in that plane in 1999, great experience. This is terrible.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Terrible news. Shows you had quickly things can happen. I flew out of Bradley a little after 7:00 am this morning. Just another normal day at the airport. By the time I get settled in Florida I heard the news. That causality count is horrible.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Saw them at the Groton-New London Airport a couple of weeks ago. This is awful.

 

[superjohn]

Geezus, 7 dead. What a tragedy.