G650 Down in Roswell, NM

[ghoster]

No details other that it was supposed test flight, aircraft still burning. Hope everyone got out but unlikely from what I am hearing.

 

[mshunter]

Thats not good.

 

[Itchy]

That sucks. Routine can go to hell in milliseconds.

 

[Patrick]

Not good. Haven't heard anything about this anywhere?

 

[rd757]

Not seeing news of this anywhere, but not good at all.

 

[gne in prog]

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/plane-skids-and-catches-fire-in-roswell?utm_source=feedburner

This?

 

[ryan1234]

Where did you get this information?

 

[Patrick]

http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/plane-skids-and-catches-fire-in-roswell?utm_source=feedburner

This?

Says a G-IV but who knows, it does say "flight test." I would doubt both a G-IV AND G-650 crashed at the same time, in the same place, so this is probably it...

 

[gne in prog]

Says a G-IV but who knows, it does say "flight test." I would doubt both a G-IV AND G-650 crashed at the same time, in the same place, so this is probably it...

Press getting a type would be more normal than not.

 

[Itchy]

4 souls on board is odd. Most test flights are supposed to have minimal crew.

 

[rd757]

4 souls on board is odd. Most test flights are supposed to have minimal crew.

Gulfstream site says they do flight tests with 2 up front and 2 flight test engineers in the back... but who knows.

 

[mikeypat15]

That sucks. Routine can go to hell in milliseconds.

My motto is, "There is no such thing as a routine flight"

 

[SteamyNicks]

stay safe out there my friends, you never know when its going to be you
RIP

 

[TopGunn]

RIP.

 

[FlyWhiteSox]

The airport is right behind my dorm. I went to see what was going on and just saw the charred out remains of the fuselage right in front of the control tower, midway down the runway.

Our air traffic control class had a chance to tour the plane and meet the pilots and engineers last week. They said that they were going to "push the plane to its limits" this weekend as they wrapped up testing. Supposedly they were working on max brake testing at the time of the crash. My instructor is a controller at the tower here so I'll probably have more info later.

Very sad. RIP

 

[Itchy]

The airport is right behind my dorm. I went to see what was going on and just saw the charred out remains of the fuselage right in front of the control tower, midway down the runway.

Our air traffic control class had a chance to tour the plane and meet the pilots and engineers last week. They said that they were going to "push the plane to its limits" this weekend as they wrapped up testing. Supposedly they were working on max brake testing at the time of the crash. My instructor is a controller at the tower here so I'll probably have more info later.

Very sad. RIP

Wow. That tells me a lot. I was thinking this was a test flight after a control surface replacement or something like that. This was likely a professional test crew then. RIP.

 

[RobertB]

Says a G-IV but who knows, it does say "flight test." I would doubt both a G-IV AND G-650 crashed at the same time, in the same place, so this is probably it...

It says a GLF6 on that link, but here is another one...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42391911/ns/us_news/

 

[Firebird2XC]

I saw this airplane a few days ago during a turn. Hope everybody makes it out okay.

 

[SpiraMirabilis]

Holy crap, I see those Gulfstream guys every day I took this picture of the G6 a couple of days ago:



Is it confirmed that they're all morts?

 

[FlyWhiteSox]

Holy crap, I see those Gulfstream guys every day I took this picture of the G6 a couple of days ago:

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Is it confirmed that they're all morts?

No survivors according to the fire department.