King Air 100 down near Chicoutimi - fatal

[jeta1]

A King Air 100 went down last night near Chicoutimi, at leat one fatalily. No other details. Check medias for more.

[Tim]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story ... ml?ref=rss

2 dead in Saguenay plane crash
Last Updated: Thursday, December 10, 2009 | 7:35 AM ET Comments1Recommend3CBC News
Two people are reported dead after a plane carrying four people crashed near Saint-Honoré in the Saguenay region.

Police at the scene of the crash had initially said three people had died, but a spokesperson later amended the statement.

Quebec provincial police received a distress call just before 11 p.m. Wednesday night.

The plane went down in a wooded area, so rescuers had to be parachuted to the area to help out.

The Armed Forces assisted in the rescue.

Police have yet to determine where the plane came from or where it was going.

The condition of the other occupants of the plane was not immediately available.

Police said Thursday morning that two occupants were airlifted out and taken to hospital. The two other occupants were stuck in the plane, and rescuers were trying to get them out of the wreckage and bring them out of the bush using snowmobiles.

[Benwa]

2 out of the 4 occupants dead.

Very sad day.

[flyinthebug]

It seems im writing this next sentence FAR too often lately..
My condolences to the families and friends of those lost in yet another aviation tragedy.
Another sad day for certain.
Gods speed.
Fly safe all.

[robbreid]

Aircraft operated by Exact Air Inc. http://www.exactair.ca/

The plane had set off from Val d'Or, Que., and was nearing the St. Honore, Que., airport when the accident occurred.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ET82 ... /CYVO/CYRC

Exact Air Flight # ET822 King Air A100

[N181CS]

This has been quite the month for fatalities. Respect to all the families and pilots.

[robbreid]

http://www.iamgold.com/news_details.asp?id=3863

Press release from IAMGOLD Toronto - employees of IAMGOLD received non-life threatening injuries.

[Braun]

SO 2 deaths instead of 3? Stupid media, don't report at all if you don't have accurate numbers, especially for something like this. PIREPS for CYQB yesterday show MDT to severe turbulence and icing low level. It was very windy yesterday in that region, I know CYQB is far away but the system was headed that way and with the time of the crash it seems pretty likely wx could of been a huge factor here. Anyways no speculation always sad to see people you work with everyday go away like this. RIP.

[Benwa]

CYRJ 100400Z 11014G22KT 8SM -SN OVC020 M06/M07 A2927 RMK SC8 SLP924
CYRJ 100300Z 11014G22KT 5SM -SN BLSN OVC015 M06/M08 A2930 RMK SC8 SLP936

CYBG 100400Z 11021G31KT 1SM -SN BLSN BKN042 OVC060 M07/M08 A2932 RMK BLSN4SC3SC1 VIS VRB 3/4-11/4 SLP941
CYBG 100300Z 10025KT 1SM -SN BLSN SCT020 OVC067 M07/M08 A2935 RMK BLSN3SC1AC4 VIS VRB 3/4-11/4 /S03/ SLP951

The crash occured at around 0345Z.

The crew did not lack experience... It's very sad, many of us lost good friends last night.

[Braun]

I don't think anyone said that Benwa.

[Benwa]

I know, just wanted to get that out of the way...

[sky's the limit]

Condolences to all involved.

stl

[Donald]

I saw this video clip posted in the french thread about this crash.

http://videos.lcn.canoe.ca/video/559656 ... lications/

Since my french is not particularly strong, anyone able to provide a translation for the Exact Air owners comments?

[Hawkeye4077]

Donald: To sum it up in a few words, He said: Usually everything is fine, but sometimes you make small mistakes and one lead to another. That`s why there are 2 pilots aboard. When you fly alone you sometimes take some small risks but you should be more careful when you carry passengers.

Blaming it on the pilots before knowing what actually happened.....

[loopy]

My sincere condolences to friends and family.

[twinpratts]

Condolances to all whose families were involved ...

[petpad]

sad

[Doc]

Donald: To sum it up in a few words, He said: Usually everything is fine, but sometimes you make small mistakes and one lead to another. That`s why there are 2 pilots aboard. When you fly alone you sometimes take some small risks but you should be more careful when you carry passengers.

Blaming it on the pilots before knowing what actually happened.....

"you should be more careful when you carry passengers....."
Why....Why.....WHY would you be any more "careful" when you carry passengers???
Is YOUR ass worth less than a passenger's ass??
"Usually everything is fine....."
Either that's a poor translation....or this guy is a moron. There, I used the "M" word again.
Flame away!
This accident thing has got to stop.....be careful out there....with or without passengers on board! Doc's orders!

My thoughts are with the families and friends.

[flyincanuck]

Friends and family who are scared to fly often ask me if I can tell them anything that will help them relax.

I don't get into specifics. I usually tell them they're safe by default. The crew wants to continue on with their lives after work just as much as anyone else does in the back. It doesn't matter if it's a full or ferry flight, they'll fly safe on account of the fact that it's their bacon on the line.

Thoughts are with the pilots and their families.

[flyincanuck]

I just watched that video clip.

Disgusting.

Normally it's the media that jumps to conclusions. In this case they have to reiterate at the end of the clip that the cause isn't known (despite the boss' incarceration of the crew).

Utterly disgusting. What a coward.

[niss]

This sucks, my condolences to all affected.

[crazy_aviator]

"I don't get into specifics. I usually tell them they're safe by default. The crew wants to continue on with their lives after work just as much as anyone else does in the back. It doesn't matter if it's a full or ferry flight, they'll fly safe on account of the fact that it's their bacon on the line." Such a typical, selfish, arrogent pilot kind of answer!

[warner]

I was just surprised to see Benoit on tv actually, he's usually found under a rock somewhere, what a piece of work that guy is, no compassion whatsoever

[Brewguy]

Such a typical, selfish, arrogent pilot kind of answer!

What exactly do you mean by that?

[trampbike]

I can't believe the reaction of the ExactAir owner. Basically he says right away to the TVA reporter that it was very probably the pilots who did mistakes. As other pointed also, he said that with passenger you have to be more careful, but in that case, it seems they did mistakes anyway.

This guy is lame