Always saw that one parked on the ramp there, with another one by the hangars that looked like it was there for parts. Just saw it last week.
Assumed the same. My guess is this is where N987AK came from: Flair Builders' founder J. Alan Kent ... identified as the registered agent of the plane.Glad everyone got out!
Initially I thought AK might be an ex-AS bird but AS only started using AK tail numbers in the last 10 years. Looks like ex Finnair and Aeromexico.
OH-LMB 08/01/1988 Finnair Correct N204AM 14/11/2000 Aeromexico Ret to lessor 28/02/07 Correct N987AK 28/08/2015 987 Investments LLC 19 Oct 2021 overran runway at KTME Correct
Yup I heard there are two of them on the field—986 and 987. Supposedly 986 has been sitting for years, while 987 has been flying some.
Someone on Reddit claims to have just behind them and posted a photo of the aftermath…already a ton of smoke. She claimed an engine was on fire on the TO roll. There’s some really low power lines off of 36 that it apparently hit and a decent number of homes around there lost power.
@Murdoughnut is right, the guy it’s registered to looks about as old school Houston oilman as you can get. And buying a 40yr old completely uneconomic airliner and tricking it out as a big corporate jet…that’s about as old school Houston oilman as it gets.
There’s some really low power lines off of 36 that it apparently hit and a decent number of homes around there lost power.
I was there this morning. No homes even close. Houston Exec, even though it's a nice FBO, KTME is out in the sticks.
Meanwhile, utility company CenterPoint Energy said an outage impacting more than 1,800 customers near the scene of the crash was caused by the plane taking out an overhead powerline during takeoff.
I guess I should have said “customers”.
You know what? I stand corrected. Given how "weak" the Texas power grid is, you're absolutely right. One single power line COULD drop that many customers. You're right!
Pictures or it didn't happen.Somehow we (the 35 other people from my carrier stuck there) got booze and had some fun at least.
View attachment 866C979E-CF6C-4C74-9F77-992A2A3D7146.jpegPictures or it didn't happen.
That's a look for JC21.View attachment 61353
Just dark enough to protect those involved, not having power and all. Only the core of the hotel had a generator.
Ok so what did you see?I was there this morning.
Ok so what did you see?
I don't know why they call it ERCOT, it should just be ECOT. Definitely not "reliable."You know what? I stand corrected. Given how "weak" the Texas power grid is, you're absolutely right. One single power line COULD drop that many customers. You're right!
Wasn't Enron in Houston too?You know what? I stand corrected. Given how "weak" the Texas power grid is, you're absolutely right. One single power line COULD drop that many customers. You're right!