19 dead in ATR42 accident

[Nexus]

Apparantly the aircraft (belonging to Tunis Air)  experienced engine problems and tried to land in Palermo on the italian island of Sicily.
Unfortuneatly,  the aircraft hit the water just 13km off the coast of Palermo.

Latest reports indicates that 20 people have been rescued and 19 fatalities.  :(

[Ace_777]

Oh My God.............I never knew it was so serious. I got a news alert abut 1 or 2 hours ago and heard that a number of people had been rescued.........I thought that was all of them

[beefhole]

That really is terrible to hear, I hope they can sort all this mess out.

[jrpilot]

Sad.

Wonder what happened?
Where the pilots alive?

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

Apparantly the aircraft (belonging to Tunis Air)

Not Tunis Air...Tuninter!! Apparently, the flight was operating between Bari (Italy) to Djerba in Tunisia. Sad....

[Theis]

Heres a pic of the crashed aircraft
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/451610/M/
too bad 19 died on this flight.....


Cheers Theis

[Nexus]

Not Tunis Air...Tuninter!! Apparently, the flight was operating between Bari (Italy) to Djerba in Tunisia. Sad....

Tuninter is a subsidiary of Tunis air.

[Omag 2.0]

Just heard on the news there would be 13 casualties... sad story...

[alrot]

Is it like the season?...what's going on?haven't been accidents for a while. the a340 in Canada now this....im not adding the russian nuclear sumbmarine in the bearing sea ,this is very sad and also scaring..

[Hagar]

Is it like the season?...what's going on?

Well, it is the holiday season. That might have something to do with it. As usual the news reports are not very reliable. According to the BBC it was an ATR-72 & the number of fatalities is not known yet.

The aircraft was an ATR-72, a French-made twin-engine turbo-prop aircraft which can carry up to 72 passengers. It had earlier been reported to be an ATR-42. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4127636.stm

No point in commenting further until the full facts are known. IMHO

[Omag 2.0]

Sources of the Belgian radio claim the engines just stopped in mid-air and there was a fire on board...

Guess it's all pure misfortune Alrot... accidents will happen...

[beaky]

Is it like the season?...what's going on?haven't been accidents for a while. the a340 in Canada now this....im not adding the russian nuclear sumbmarine in the bearing sea ,this is very sad and also scaring..

A lot of GA crashes in my  area this year, too- summer weather often plays a role, so combine that with vacation traffic, and... yes, it is sort of the season. Unusually bad this year, though...