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Yonnie3

(17,441 posts) Sun Apr 15, 2018, 09:23 PM Apr 2018

Updated: Aircraft Down Near Crozet

There was an "Alert 3" for fire and rescue just before 9 pm. Alert 3 is for an aircraft crash.

Found this on Facebook.

**AIRCRAFT CRASH**
SADDLE HOLLOW RD, Crozet
Fire/rescue units are arriving on the scene confirming an aircraft crash. Steep terrain and weather are complicating rescue efforts per radio traffic. Law enforcement closing roads, please avoid the area.

UPDATE: CHO airport reports no missing commercial flights.

Link to tweet

Virginiafirenet @VAfirenet

Crozet, VA: *Fatal Aircraft Down* off Saddle Hollow Rd. Plane struck side of the mountain. Debris trail including 2 engines located along with one soul. Difficult access due to terrain and weather (VFN77)
9:32 PM - Apr 15, 2018

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Updated: Aircraft Down Near Crozet (Original Post) Yonnie3 Apr 2018 OP

UFO? Jack-o-Lantern Apr 2018 #1

No. A two engined small aircraft. At least one fatality. n/t Yonnie3 Apr 2018 #2

midair? WhiteTara Apr 2018 #3

There were bad storms in the area. Yonnie3 Apr 2018 #4

my dyslexia read that as 2 small planes WhiteTara Apr 2018 #5

My post title was unclear. I reworded it to clarify. Yonnie3 Apr 2018 #6

Someone who thought it could never happen to them WhiteTara Apr 2018 #7

Another one? mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #8

I believe this crash was within two or three miles of the Piedmont crash, but more accessable. Yonnie3 Apr 2018 #9

Jack-o-Lantern

(967 posts)

1. UFO?

Reply to Yonnie3 (Original post)

Sun Apr 15, 2018, 10:22 PM

Apr 2018

Yonnie3

(17,441 posts)

2. No. A two engined small aircraft. At least one fatality. n/t

Reply to Jack-o-Lantern (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 15, 2018, 10:29 PM

Apr 2018

WhiteTara

(29,716 posts)

3. midair?

Reply to Yonnie3 (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 15, 2018, 10:30 PM

Apr 2018

Yonnie3

(17,441 posts)

4. There were bad storms in the area.

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 15, 2018, 10:35 PM

Apr 2018

They have found wreckage. It appears to be one twin engine airplane that hit the foothill.

WhiteTara

(29,716 posts)

5. my dyslexia read that as 2 small planes

Reply to Yonnie3 (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 15, 2018, 11:02 PM

Apr 2018

I tried to delete my post when I realized the real words, but I guess, no; you get to see me.

What a tragedy for the families of the people in the plane. May those in the crash have not suffered.

Yonnie3

(17,441 posts)

6. My post title was unclear. I reworded it to clarify.

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 15, 2018, 11:09 PM

Apr 2018

I don't think it was you so much as my first wording "Two engine small aircraft". I changed it to "A two engined small aircraft." Sorry for the confusion.

I just can't figure out why someone would be flying during a tornado watch and a severe thunderstorm warning in the mountains after sunset.

WhiteTara

(29,716 posts)

7. Someone who thought it could never happen to them

Reply to Yonnie3 (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:19 AM

Apr 2018

It is weird that they would fly off like that. Sorry for the families.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,459 posts)

8. Another one?

Reply to Yonnie3 (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:30 AM

Apr 2018

Piedmont Airlines Flight 349

On October 30, 1959, Piedmont Airlines Flight 349, a Douglas DC-3, crashed on Bucks Elbow Mountain near Crozet, Virginia, killing the crew of three and all but one of its twenty-four passengers. The sole survivor, Ernest P. "Phil" Bradley, was seriously injured and lay on the ground near the wreckage, still strapped in his seat. The subsequent investigation determined the cause of the accident to be:

"A navigational omission which resulted in a lateral course error that was not detected and corrected through precision instrument flying procedures. A contributing factor to the accident may have been pre-occupation of the captain resulting from mental stress."

Survivor's end: Bradley dies 54 years past Piedmont plane crash

By Hawes Spencer | hawesinsky@gmail.com

Published online 5:07pm Tuesday Aug 27th, 2013
and in print issue #1235 dated Thursday Aug 29th, 2013

I posted about it at DU, but that was years ago. I'm looking for the thread.

Alone on a mountain: the true story of Flight 349

By Hawes Spencer | hawesinsky@gmail.com

Published online 8:00am Thursday Oct 8th, 2009
and in print issue #0840 dated Thursday Oct 8th, 2009

Yonnie3

(17,441 posts)

9. I believe this crash was within two or three miles of the Piedmont crash, but more accessable.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #8)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:05 PM

Apr 2018

I thought about the Piedmont crash when I looked at the new crash location on google maps. Every so often people would hike in to the scene and there would be a piece in the Daily Progress.

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