CRJ crash in Missouri

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There really isn't much cockpit left.

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What portion of the plane is this then:
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Taken From The Jefferson City Paper
 
Thats the tail section, its upside down, and the engines are missing.

Sad day for aviation.
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Thats the tail section, its upside down, and the engines are missing.

Sad day for aviation.
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You are correct - that is the tail section laying upside down. The APU box is clearly visible. On the top of the wreckage towrds the left you can see what looks like a panel with 'ridges' on it and two holes on the left side - that is the door to the hell hole. No doubt about it.

Jason
 
that makes some sense now. If you look at the second picture where you can see into the fuselage, you can see a difference. In one of the pictures you are looking out and can see the street. In the other picture with the officer's back to the photo you are seeing the view from the street.

Sad Indeed,
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That is the nose of the plane, as you can see the tree branches through the window. That looks more like an air conditioning pack than an APU.
 
I'm from Missouri (a Check Instructor for CMSU) and I was flying a trip today up to Davenport, Iowa and heard Center tell a King Air that the Jeff City Airpot was closed to all incoming flights except those with NTSB prior approval. Even heard the State of Missouri's King Air takeoff out of Jeff City and say he didn't know if he'd be able to get back in later that day.

One of the students at CMSU is from Jeff City. He grew up about 4 blocks away from the crash site and his dad said that their house shook when it happened.

Chris
 
Nope. That's the tail. The nose of a CRJ isn't that long. I think that might be part of the APU on the left and the lav tank on the right.
 
Definitely the tail section. Compare the two photos for some of the ports. Additionally, if you compare the paint scheme of the old NWA design and the accident photo, they match fairly well.

Plus, it seems as if on the left side of the accident photo, that the engine pylon is stil there, but the engine is missing.

It does look likea cockpit, but the "windows" don't match CRJ windows. Plus they'd show definite signs of breach with the amount of damage with what the "nose" section looks like.

But that's just my opinion... I'm not really one to monday morning quarterback a smoking hole ("schmokin' hole" if you were ever a Craig Funk aviation safety student).
 
Heck, it almost looks like the left engine pylon leg go and maybe impacted the left empennage?

Dangit, I promised no 'monday morning quarterbacking'.
 
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Heck, it almost looks like the left engine pylon leg go and maybe impacted the left empennage?

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That would explain how an engine problem ended this way for a professional crew.
 
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Heck, it almost looks like the left engine pylon leg go and maybe impacted the left empennage?

Dangit, I promised no 'monday morning quarterbacking'.

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I hope this doesn't turn out to be a major design failure.

Just imagine what would happen if the flee of RJ's are grounded? Some of the regional airline will have a major problem on their hands.
 
That's 100%, no doubt about it, unquestionably the tail section.


God bless the crew and prayers to the families.

Jason
 
Ouch.

I'm just morbidly curious about the circumstances of the ferry...
 
Yeah, I'm curious what the 'verdict' will be as to the cause. Hope the recorders have something to say.
 
I flew with Jesse last week... Very professional, funny, and loveable guy. We had a blast.. So sad.

Please be keeping the families in your thoughts and prayers.
 
And yes..that is definitely the tail section upside down in that picture...that is 100% the APU box..can see the intake pipe going down (which should be up).
 
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