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Plane crashed near Hyannis after tail wing trouble

Hyannis, Usa - It had undergone a maintenance check the day before

On Tuesday a twin-engine turboprep plane plunged into Nantucket Sound after its pilot made a distress call reporting a problem with the plane's tail wing. No passengers were aboard the 19-seat Colgan Air plane when it crashed about 2 miles south of Hyannis, but Captain Scott Knabe, 39, and First Officer Steven Dean, 38, were killed. Investigators yesterday said they had recovered the two bodies and...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 52166
Rome, Italy, 08/28/2003 18:58
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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