Actor Christian Oliver, his two daughters and a pilot died in a plane crash near a Caribbean island on Thursday.
  • x4740N@lemmy.worldEnglish
    222·
    5 months ago

    I didn’t want to see this kind of news today

    Earlier I was scrolling past posts of how much of a shitshow america is and now this

    It reminds me of the helicopter crash with kobe bryant and his daughter

  • killea@lemmy.world
    15·
    5 months ago

    I actually work with some folks from St. Vincent. Saw some video of the crash and the rescue attempt. Was told there was engine trouble right after take off, and there was some catastrophic failure after the pilot turned back to land. The plane seemed to go down into the water very suddenly, and hard. Apparently this guy had been flying folks around the islands for a long time. Really fuckin tragic, honestly.

    • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      Was this one of those situations called, “the impossible turn” in aviation? Where after takeoff, an attempt to make a hard turn to the airport with engine failure results in complete loss of lift.

    • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      5 months ago

      I had a chance to go up in a single engine with my daughter who loves airplanes and the pilot was a hall-of-famer in the aviation scene. Thing is, I got a gut feeling not to go considering it was the day after Thanksgiving and the pilot is fairly old… So I said no.

      Everything turned out okay for those who took our place but that’s just not a risk worth taking to me.

      Of course I know driving is incredibly dangerous, too. But there’s something to be said when something like engine failure or being able to pilot is utterly out of your control.

        • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          Oh interesting, thanks. When I initially looked it up, all data was saying that “single-engine aircraft” were safer, but when searching by General Aviation, it presents a different picture.