Royal Air Cargo Aircraft Down Outside of Chicago

[derg]

No other details yet.

Doesn't look good for the crew.

 

[upup89]

Smal plane down near Chicago

So far I can't find any articles but the 24-hour news channel on here says it was a cargo Lear operated by Royal Air?...

 

[upup89]

Re: Smal plane down near Chicago

whooops...

please delete

 

[upup89]

It's a shame... Pretty broken up from the pics I've seen... hate to see this.

 

[derg]

 

[Champcar]

CNN has been showing a overhead shot of 10 people just standing and the river bank looking at the plane for 10 minutes now. Do some work or move along.

 

[derg]

Qty. Type (Common Name) Category Seats Price Range (Per Hour)
5 EMB-110B (BANDEIRANTE) Turboprop Airliner (Cargo-only) $ 933 avg. Price Quote
1 LR-23 (LEARJET 23) Light Jet (Cargo-only) $ 1972 avg. Price Quote
2 LR-24 (LEARJET 24) Light Jet (Cargo-only) $ 1972 avg. Price Quote
1 LR-24A (LEARJET 24A) Light Jet (Cargo-only) N/A Price Quote
2 LR-24B (LEARJET 24B) Light Jet (Cargo-only) $ 1972 avg. Price Quote
1 LR-25 (LEARJET 25) Light Jet (Cargo-only) $ 1972 avg. Price Quote
1 LR-25 (LEARJET 25) Light Jet (Cargo-only) $ 1972 avg. Price Quote
3 MU-2B TurboProp (Cargo-only) N/A Price Quote
4 CE-310R (CESSNA 310) Piston-Multi (Cargo-only) $ 664 avg. Price Quote
2 CE-402 (BUSINESS/UTILINER) Piston-Multi (Cargo-only) $ 609 avg. Price Quote
1 CE-402B (BUSINESS/UTILINER) Piston-Multi (Cargo-only) $ 580 avg. Price

 

[minitour]

Someone get this doosh off of TV.

"The fact that it was a cargo airplane, what does that indicate to you?"

".............that it carries cargo....."

What a dumb effing question.

[/rant]

Still hoping for the best. Doesn't look good.

-mini

 

[Douglas]

Are these guys based out of Michigan?

 

[derg]

Are these guys based out of Michigan?

Looks like it:

ROYAL AIR FREIGHT, INC.
2141 AIRPORT RD.
WATERFORD, MI United States 48327 mappy

 

[Adler]

Are these guys based out of Michigan?

kptk

 

[EIR]

Are these guys based out of Michigan?

Yes, NE corner of PTK.

Sad, sad news.

 

[Slugger]

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/RAX988/history/20100105/1841Z/KPTK/KPWK

 

[Douglas]

shoot

 

[EIR]

The 35 and KA100 are used for charter. The E110, C310 and 24/25 are their cargo haulers. At least that was what it was a year or two ago.

 

[Boris Badenov]

I dropped some stuff off up there last winter. IIRC, at that time things were as Erik suggests. I wouldn't be surprised if we should be crossing our fingers for more than 2 people.

 

[t-cart]

That's not looking good at all.

 

[EIR]

2 fatalities according to the discussion the flightaware boards. I'm crossing my fingers that this isn't true.

If it is, my condolences and payers go out to the family and friends of the crew.

 

[WindyCityPilot]

Doesn't look good....that's about 2 miles north of where I live and about 5 miles north of where I work. Hopefully they find some survivors.

 

[lwaldeck]

This sucks. I was just on their website this morning looking for an email address...