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http://www.local6.com/news/4072749/detail.html

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Car crash somewhere in the world kills one. Hunger in the world kills thousands. So what should be so upsetting about a plane crash?

Hey, don't be negative Bjorn! This is the aviation world.
Sad to hear of any tragedy connected to ones interest.  :(

Its upsetting to the dead persons family and friends. Its also aviation related thus tied to this site.

Car crash somewhere in the world kills one. Hunger in the world kills thousands. So what should be so upsetting about a plane crash?

You pay attention...that is a good thing...

How upsetting it is depends on one's interest... as a pilot, I'm not any more or less disturbed by the death than by any other kind of accident, but I would like to know how it happened because it makes us all look bad every time an airplane crashes. It's particularly damaging when it's a small GA aircraft, as we don't enjoy the status of scheduled carriers in the minds of the average person, and are more vulnerable to attack.  Of course, the main reason to want to know what happened is to try prevent it from happening again (every safety innovation now taken for granted in aviation was paid for with blood). I couldn't load the video, but I'm willing to bet the local media's description of the accident and its cause was highly dramatic and wildly innacurate.
It is odd that things went so badly making an emergency engine-out landing at a golf course; most golf courses are perfect for that. Well, not knowing the details, I can't say I'd do any better.

This is sad

It's very interesting how some pilots react to things like this, and some can be very, very touchy. I know my CFI never wanted (I say this in the past tense because the hotshot just took a job with Midlantic jet charter, and he's leaving) to hear about plane crashes or pilot jokes involving "becasue the rest are at the bottom of the ocean".

I'm with Bj

[quote]I'm with Bj

But yet you cared enough to look at the video
morbid curiosity?

That would be me.