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December 20, 2005
Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 Crashes into Biscayne Bay near Miami, Florida
A Chalk's Ocean Airline twin-engine plane crashed into Biscayne Bay shortly after takeoff yesterday, on Monday December 19th, 2005, at approximately 3:30 p.m. EST. The plane was a twin-engine Grumman G-73T Turbine Mallard seaplane. The plane is designed to take-off and land on the water. A good photo of this particular sea plane taken in 2003, call sign 2969, can be found here.
The flight was headed from Miami to Bimini Island in the Bahamas. It was the first fatality involving passenger plane at Chalk's Ocean Airline, the oldest operating airline in the United States.
Witnesses reported that they heard an explosion and a wing separated from the plane before the main fuselage crashed into the bay, followed by the burning wing. Here a link to an amateur video of the crash.
They're claiming now that there were 20 aboard. 18 passengers and 2 crew members. 19 confirmed deaths at this point.
Update: Preliminary indications point to undetected cracks in the wingspar.
Air Disaster has the updated scoop on the crash.
Posted by Peenie Wallie on December 20, 2005 at 3:23 PM
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