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echo: aviation
to: WARD DOSSCHE
from: HUBERT BARNICH
date: 1997-08-03 09:29:00
subject: Plane crash during air show in Belgium

Hi Ward,
In a message of  to All (), you wrote:
 WD> Yesterday Jul.26th during an airshow at the airport of Ostend (Belgium) 
an
 WD> aerobatics airplane of the Royal Jordanian Falcons after some maneuvers
 WD> and during some rolls went out of control and lost lift.
 WD>  The pilot reved-up and put the nose down but was too low to 
uccessfully
 WD> recover.
 WD>  The plane crashed at a 1st aid station killing 8 people (incl. the 
pilot)
 WD> while debris and burning fuel sprayed onlookers.
 WD>  10 people were evacuated with heavy burns, 15 were moderately burned 
ut
 WD> are not critically injured while up to some estimated 50 others received
 WD> minor injuries.
 WD>  The airshow was cancelled immediately.
And the MDN (Minister of National Defense), Mr. Poncelet, cancelled/banned
all future airshows, including the Florennes AIRSHOW of 6-7th Sept
pending the results of a safety inquiry...
BTW, if you have a Web access, look at http://www.digital.be/airshow
they show program, spotters'facilities, contest to win a flight...
 WD>  \x/ardx
 WD> -=- DB 1.58/001877
 WD>  + Origin: If I want peanuts, I'll fly Delta ! (2:292/854)
Bye, Hubert.
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