A King Air 300 had crashed in a residential neighborhood near Buenos Aires, killing the owner-pilot and his wife.
The plane was headed to Aeroparque (Buenos Aires' downtown airport). The zone where it crashed lies under the approach path. It's a private urbanization with expensive houses. One house is destroyed and a second one caught fire, but there are no ground casualties.
Witnesses say the the plane was flying very low. Authorities (whatever that means, and just hours after the crash) said that the crash was the result of reckless maneuvers. The typical buzz-job maybe?
If you read the user comments in the web newspapers, the general consensus (which I don't agree) is "Great, justice finally!"
The owner-pilot is the former owner of LAPA, a low cost (now defunct) airline which became famous when a 737-200 crashed when the plane, misconfigured with flaps 0, was unable to take-off from Aeroparque. The accident was the result of terrible pilot's actions and omissions, but can be traced to the terrible safety culture that the airline's management not only accepted but supported and encouraged. That safety and management culture that led to said accident is excellently depicted in the excellent movie Wiskey Romeo Zulu (the airplane's registration was LV-WRZ), arguably the movie with best footage ever of airliners in operations. Trailer (with English subtitles) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6H-FmK8QbM
King Air's crash scene:
The plane was headed to Aeroparque (Buenos Aires' downtown airport). The zone where it crashed lies under the approach path. It's a private urbanization with expensive houses. One house is destroyed and a second one caught fire, but there are no ground casualties.
Witnesses say the the plane was flying very low. Authorities (whatever that means, and just hours after the crash) said that the crash was the result of reckless maneuvers. The typical buzz-job maybe?
If you read the user comments in the web newspapers, the general consensus (which I don't agree) is "Great, justice finally!"
The owner-pilot is the former owner of LAPA, a low cost (now defunct) airline which became famous when a 737-200 crashed when the plane, misconfigured with flaps 0, was unable to take-off from Aeroparque. The accident was the result of terrible pilot's actions and omissions, but can be traced to the terrible safety culture that the airline's management not only accepted but supported and encouraged. That safety and management culture that led to said accident is excellently depicted in the excellent movie Wiskey Romeo Zulu (the airplane's registration was LV-WRZ), arguably the movie with best footage ever of airliners in operations. Trailer (with English subtitles) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6H-FmK8QbM
King Air's crash scene:
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