Gilroy CA: small plane crashes into sewage tank
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Gilroy CA: small plane crashes into sewage tank
Send in the divers. Something stinks...
Originally Posted by SFGate.com
(12-18) 19:33 PST -- A small airplane apparently took a nose-dive into a tank of raw sewage in Gilroy on Monday afternoon.
Gilroy police Sgt. Kurt Svardal said authorities have no idea where the plane was from or where it was going. The aircraft came pretty much straight down into a holding tank filled with raw sewage at a sewage treatment facility. It was too dangerous for even a dive team to go into the water and check for bodies or the tail number of the plane, which would indicate who owned it and where it was from.
The tank is about 20 feet deep and will have to be drained before police can determine if anyone is inside. Svardal said police assume at least one person, the pilot, is inside the downed plane. There may be passengers, as well.
Police received reports of a possible crash around 4 p.m. and spent an hour and a half checking the area. Workers at the sewage treatment plant noticed damage to a railing aound the tank and notified police, who determined that the plane had gone into the tank.
The tank is a couple hundred feet in diameter, Svardal said, which means the plane probably came in at a very steep angle. It is nowhere near any kind of airfield or landing strip, he said.
Svardal said Gilroy police had no reports of overdue or missing planes in the area. He said the Federal Aviation Administration is trying to determine where the plane came from and who was at the controls.
Gilroy police Sgt. Kurt Svardal said authorities have no idea where the plane was from or where it was going. The aircraft came pretty much straight down into a holding tank filled with raw sewage at a sewage treatment facility. It was too dangerous for even a dive team to go into the water and check for bodies or the tail number of the plane, which would indicate who owned it and where it was from.
The tank is about 20 feet deep and will have to be drained before police can determine if anyone is inside. Svardal said police assume at least one person, the pilot, is inside the downed plane. There may be passengers, as well.
Police received reports of a possible crash around 4 p.m. and spent an hour and a half checking the area. Workers at the sewage treatment plant noticed damage to a railing aound the tank and notified police, who determined that the plane had gone into the tank.
The tank is a couple hundred feet in diameter, Svardal said, which means the plane probably came in at a very steep angle. It is nowhere near any kind of airfield or landing strip, he said.
Svardal said Gilroy police had no reports of overdue or missing planes in the area. He said the Federal Aviation Administration is trying to determine where the plane came from and who was at the controls.
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Originally Posted by STi_4_Keri
rumor has it that they were japanese tourists cuz they found some passports...
thats sooooo f***n nasty... visibility is 100%**** and poo! the people that drowned's lungs are going to be in labs and then science books.... nastyness
-what do you tell their families?
-sorry your mom and dad are full of s***?
-what do you tell their families?
-sorry your mom and dad are full of s***?
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"A flight school in San Jose reported Monday afternoon that a twin-engine aircraft – carrying an instructor and two students, all Japanese nationals – was due back at Reid-Hillview Airport at 5 p.m. but never arrived. Authorities, however, could not confirm if that was the plane involved, Gregor said."
"A flight school in San Jose reported Monday afternoon that a twin-engine aircraft – carrying an instructor and two students, all Japanese nationals – was due back at Reid-Hillview Airport at 5 p.m. but never arrived. Authorities, however, could not confirm if that was the plane involved, Gregor said."
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Originally Posted by SubyN00by
yeah, gilroy has a little airport that a lot of amateur's use, doesn't surprise me, that place is a **** hole anyway (=