Vesipommari-Convair tuhoutui Kanadassa. Miehistö menehtyi.

[Antti Laukkanen 7]

Enpä löytänyt tätä uutista vielä, joten linkitetään.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/08/01/bc-wildfires.html

 

Tiivistettynä kandalaisen Conair-yhtiön Convair CV-580 tuhoutui 31.7.2010 lähellä Lyttonia länsi-Kanadassa British Columbiassa. Miehistöön kuuluneet kaksi henkilöä menehtyivät. Ohessa linkki kuvaan koneesta sekä Air Safety Networkin tiivistelmä aiheesta:

 

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/474111L.html

 

 

31 JUL 2010  Convair CV-580 Airtanker (C-FKFY) of Conair Aviation, 15 km S of Lytton, BC- 2(2 )

 

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ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2010-10

 

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Date: 31 JUL 2010

Time: ca 21:00

Type: Convair CV-580 Airtanker

Operator: Conair Aviation

Registration: C-FKFY

C/n / msn: 129

First flight: 1953

Engines: 2 Allison 501-D13

Crew: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2

Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0

Total: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2

Ground fatalities:

Airplane damage: Destroyed

Location: 15 km S of Lytton, BC (Canada)

Phase:  En route

Nature: Fire fighting

Departure airport: ()

Destination airport: ()

Flightnumber:

A Conair Convair CV-580 Airtanker ("Tanker 48") was destroyed when it crashed near Lytton, BC, Canada. Both crew members were killed in the accident according to CBC News. The airplane was contracted out to the B.C. Ministry of Forest and Lands as it fought a forest fire near Siwash Road, about 18 kilometres south of Lytton.

Sources:

» Water bomber crew confirmed killed

» Plane carrying 2 people crashes while battling B.C. fire

 

 

 

 

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AIRCRAFT PROFILE CONVAIR CV-580

 

Last fatal accident involving a Convair CV-580: 01-SEP-2008 Convair CV-580 N587X Air Tahoma - 3 fatalties (698 days ago)

Total number of hull-losses: 33 (of which 32 were accidents)

 

12th worst accident involving a Convair CV-580

 

Survival rate for all fatal Convair CV-580 accidents: on average 27.4 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents

 

 

 

 

 

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COUNTRY PROFILE CANADA

 

Last fatal airliner/bizjet accident in Canada: 07-JUN-2009 BN-2A-27 Islander C-FJJR Strait Air - 1 fatalities (419 days ago)

Total number of fatal airliner/bizjet accidents: 180

Total number of airliner/bizjet fatalities: 1915

109th worst airliner/bizjet accident in Canada

 

The country is rated Cat. 1 in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)

 

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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network?s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.