posted on Nov, 18 2003 @ 03:21 PM
I just saw this. They're saying it was pilot error that caused Paul Wellstone's plane to crash. Any thoughts?
Investigators Say Pilot Error to Blame for Crash That Killed Sen. Wellstone, 7 Others
By Leslie Miller Associated Press Writer
Published: Nov 18, 2003
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pilot error caused the plane crash that killed Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., and seven others just before the 2002 election, federal
investigators said Tuesday.
The twin-propeller King Air A100 stalled when the flight crew slowed it too quickly while approaching Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport in northern
Minnesota on Oct. 25, 2002, investigators told the National Transportation Safety Board. The plane lost altitude, veered sharply, sheared off treetops
and crashed 2 1/2 miles short of the runway.
"The flight crew did not monitor and maintain minimum speed," NTSB Aircraft Performance Group Chairman Charlie Pereira told the board.
Interviews conducted after the crash revealed shortcomings in the proficiency of both pilots, investigators said.
After the presentation by Pereira and other investigators, the NTSB voted unanimously to accept the finding that pilot error was to blame.
The rest:
ap.tbo.com...