13 DIE AS PLANES COLLIDE ON RUNWAY.Byline: Dennis Conrad Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. A commuter plane coming in for a landing collided at a runway intersection Tuesday with a small private plane that was trying to take off, igniting a fireball fireball, very bright meteor leaving a trail in the sky that can remain visible for several minutes; often a distinct sound, perhaps caused by very low frequency radio waves, is associated with it. that killed all 13 people aboard both aircraft. The planes collided on runways that ``intersect, actually cross,'' said David Smith, manager of Baldwin Municipal Airport. The airport, which serves smaller planes, does not have a control tower. The incoming plane was a United Express flight with nine passengers and two crew members that had originated in Chicago and made a stop in Burlington, Iowa Burlington is a city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26,839 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Des Moines CountyGR6. , before heading on to Quincy. The private plane, with two people aboard, was from the St. Louis area, but it was not immediately known where it was headed. Mike Coultas, a private pilot, was arriving at the airport when the crash occurred. ``I kept thinking to myself I can't believe this aircraft on Runway 4 does not see the other aircraft,'' which was landing, Coultas told CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. . ``Just about the time I got to the fence to park my car, the two aircraft impacted at the intersections of the two runways and then exploded into a ball of flames,'' Coultas said. Thick, black smoke could be seen from 10 miles away, said Firefighter Darren Smith Darren Smith can refer to any of the following people:
``The only thing that resembled an aircraft was the United Airlines tail section,'' Smith said. ``It was still intact.'' Coroner Chris Boyer said the bodies would remain in the planes overnight because of the difficulty of working in the dark. Don Zochert, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control , said the United Express plane was a Beech 1900 aircraft with a seating capacity Noun 1. seating capacity - the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc. commodiousness, spaciousness, capaciousness, roominess - spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building); "the capaciousness of Santa's of 19. Adams County Adams County is the name of twelve counties in the United States. Most of them are named either for John Adams, second President of the United States, or for his son, John Quincy Adams, sixth President. Sheriff Bob Noll said the other plane was a King Air 200. Pat Cariseo, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said the panel was sending an investigative team from Washington to the Quincy airport and that it was expected to arrive early today. Cariseo had no other information about the crash. A spokesman for United Airlines, which operates United Express, said the commuter flight was operated by Great Lakes Aviation, which is based in Bloomington, Minn. The spokesman, Joe Hopkins, said victims' names would not be released until family members had been notified. He said United Airlines established an 800 number to provide information to families. CAPTION(S): Photo |
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