AAFrequentFlyer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090322/..._crash_montana

BeachGirl247

That is very sad, indeed.

wally34949

Did I hear that this was a single engine plane? Just curious, what is the largest single engine plane used in commercial flights?

Dayenu

It was a private plane, 7 adults, 7 children, don't know if including the crew or not.

AAFrequentFlyer

The plane was designed to carry 11 people and that includes 2 crew.

<i>BUTTE, Mont. - Investigators said Monday they'll look into whether the single-engine turboprop plane was overloaded when it nose-dived into a cemetery and killed all 14 people on board.

"It will take us a while to understand," Mark Rosenker, acting chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said at a news conference. "We have to get the weights of all the passengers, we have to get the weight of the fuel, all of the luggage."

The plane was likely designed to carry a total of 11 people, including two pilots, Rosenker said at a news conference.

Making the case more complicated, federal aviation officials said the plane didn't have a cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder and wasn't certified to carry commercial passengers.</i>

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29828359/

Dayenu

This morning they showed a photo of one family that was on that plane. A man and a woman and their 3 small children. If their grandparents are still alive, I don't know how they can live through this tragedy

John

Owner of the plane was not on board. He lost two daughters, two son in laws and all his grandchildren.
Doesn't get any worse.
Thoughts and prayers of all of us here in Montana are with them