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Passenger crashes airplane

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http://www.timescolonist.com/Passenger+interference+blamed+float+plane+crash+that+killed+four+near/4997472/story.html

I think it was the male passenger that did it.

Intoxicated passengers transporting alcohol to the Ahousaht First Nation are believed to have interfered with the pilot and caused the crash of an Atleo River Air Service Ltd. float plane near Tofino, according to an investigation by the federal transportation safety board.

Killed in the crash shortly after noon on May 29, 2010, were pilot Damon York, 33, and passengers Hunter Sam, 28, Hunter’s sister Katrina Sam-English, 22, and their cousin Samantha Mattersdorfer, 24

The board states in a report it could find nothing wrong with the pilot or the single-engined Cessna 185 airplane or any weather problems that would have caused the sudden crash into Millar Channel during the flight from Tofino to Ahousaht, a reserve on Flores Island with a history of liquor problems.

What the board did discover is that the three passengers were intoxicated, carrying several bottles of liquor and a case of beer, and had been refused passage by a water taxi operator due to a policy against transporting liquor to Ahousaht.

“The passengers were intoxicated, however they were able to walk and were sufficiently coherent to argue about the price of the charter,” the board found.

One theory behind the crash is that the pilot’s seat had been kicked from behind, propelling both him and the controls forward and resulting in a sharp descent at a 45 degree angle.

“Because there was no locking mechanism on the pilot’s seatback, and because the pilot was not wearing his shoulder strap, he would have been unable to prevent his upper body from being forced onto the instrument panel.”

The passengers may also have been too intoxicated to appreciate the gravity of their actions, the board said.

Divers found the pilot restrained by a lap seat belt; all of the passengers were unrestrained.

The Canadian Aviation Regulations prohibit any operator of an aircraft from allowing a person to board the aircraft where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person’s faculties are impaired by alcohol or a drug to an extent that may present a hazard to the aircraft or to persons on board the aircraft.

Atleo air owner Jason Bertin said Thursday the pilot would not have taken the three passengers if he felt they posed a threat. “It can be hard to judge some people,” he said, adding it is company policy not to fly anyone to Ahousaht or other reserves knowing they are transporting alcohol.

“This has been tough to overcome,” he said, noting the circumstances that led to the crash are extremely unusual. “It’s really affected us. There’s not an hour that goes by that I don’t think about it.”

No one could be reached to comment at the Ahousaht administration office.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Rowdy+passenger+blamed+float+plane+crash+that+killed+four+near+Tofino/4997200/story.html#ixzz1QUHYXnbr

Submitted on 06/27/2011

Submitted by: Ed Christianson
Reference: Victoria Times Colonist June 24

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Bystanders Hurt
Thanks, Ed, but everybody on board can't be responsible for the crash. If the passengers caused the crash then the pilot was an innocent victim.


Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Bystanders Hurt
What Bruce said.


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