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Former Sen. Ted Stevens, ex-NASA chief Sean O'Keefe were on crashed Alaska plane
A plane crash in Alaska may have claimed the life of one of the state's former senators, as well as a former head of NASA. Former Republican U.S. Senator Ted Stevens was aboard a plane that crashed in Alaska, a congressional source told Reuters on Tuesday. The Associated Press also reports that former NASA Administrator, Sean O'Keefe, was on board. Nine people are believed to have been aboard in total, five of whom died, and Alaska National Guard spokesman Maj. Guy Hayes said. It is… (www.nydailynews.com) Altro...
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Registration for the tail number [http://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N455A], but no flight track history is available.
I hope they can save those who did not perish in the crash. I wait to see what the Flight recorders will reveal.
I've always felt we need a better system for flying through mountainous terrain. The "highway in the sky" heads up displays would help to prevent mountain crashes caused by pilot error. Such as the Synthetic Vision system developed (ironically) by NASA. http://www.techbriefs.com/content/view/1511/36/
I've always felt we need a better system for flying through mountainous terrain. The "highway in the sky" heads up displays would help to prevent mountain crashes caused by pilot error. Such as the Synthetic Vision system developed (ironically) by NASA. http://www.techbriefs.com/content/view/1511/36/
and another link to Chelton who makes it commercially available. http://www.cheltonfs.com/default.htm
Picture of the aircraft - just google N455A and click on images.
and another link to Chelton who makes it commercially available. http://www.cheltonfs.com/default.htm
oops, I meant to post that it looks like from the photos that she had an engine change sometime between March and April of 2005. At least according to the photos on airliners.net.
