B-17 Crash / Hartford Ct (BDL closed)

[melax]

Hope and pray that everyone is OK... So sad !

7 dead, 7 injured in crash of World War II bomber at Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport

At least seven people were killed and seven were injured when a World War II-era bomber crashed shortly after taking off from Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks Wednesday morning in one…

www.courant.com

 

[ahw01]

Was this the one based at Geneseo?

 

[broncoav8r]

Hopefully it's not any worse...but this doesn't sound good...

 

[fholbert]

Looks like it's "Nine-O-Nine"

 

[Burrito]

Collings Foundation guys were awesome and hospitable at Manchester before I got hired up there as a ramper. They knew their stuff, they loved sharing the history, and the kiddos ahead of us in line were amazed. This hurts, but I hope that everyone got out.

 

[FlyingAccountant]

Damn, that sucks. There's only, what, 13 flyable B17s left in the world?

 

[Inverted25]

This could very well be the end of the Collings foundation if there was 10 fatalities


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[woodreau]

Six taken to hospitals in the latest update

Edit: I can’t read obviously

 

[FlyingAccountant]

Don't we have someone here who flies the B17 for a museum?

 

[Bandit_Driver]

Deaths are being reported now but no details. So sad.

Cleanup, containment of firefighting foam continues following deadly vintage plane crash

Environmental officials said cleanup and containment efforts of firefighting foam continued on Monday, less than a week after seven people were killed in a vintage plane crash at Bradley International

www.wfsb.com

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[NickH]

Two fatalities. It's Nine-O-Nine, operated by the Collins Foundation for experience flights... I rode on it a few years back.

 

[Fixtur]

I rode on it a couple years back and took a tour of it at Henderson last April. Very sad.

 

[chrisreedrules]

Man what a bummer. I know some of the people over there. Hoping to hear good (or at least not terrible) news.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Yikes! Isn’t this the same plane at Torrance back in April for their Wings of Freedom tour?

 

[NickH]

Now updated to five fatalities, but four still unaccounted for...

 

[Murdoughnut]

Looking at the map, it's a bit alarming how close to the main terminal it was.

 

[A Life Aloft]

Yikes! Isn’t this the same plane at Torrance back in April for their Wings of Freedom tour?

She was at CMA and TOA in April and then at SNA in May (which was when we saw her). This is just devastating. So many lost......just have no words right now.

 

[🦈💜]

Heartbreaking.

 

[Richman]

Boo... bad ju ju.

 

[🦈💜]

CF took me up for a sunset flight in 909 when I was a broke-ass 17-year-old hanging around the ramp at PFN enjoying having a day with one of my favorite planes of all time.

I had been there all day long, talking to people about the plane, telling people about her, answering questions. At the end of the day, I retreated to the fence to watch them start the engines and fly off, but one of the crew came over to me.

“Hey, want to go for a ride?” I still remember his grin.

It was amazing—one of my greatest—and fondest—aviation memories.

After the flight, he gave me a laminated photo of the plane over the statue of liberty. He told me to call them when I got my commercial.

I loved that plane and that organization, and this breaks my heart.