Deadly Tennessee plane crash undiscovered for 6 hours at busy airport
The pilot from a Canadian flying club was killed after he tried to land in thick fog at Nashville International Airport. The NTSB will investigate why it took so long for the airport to notice the burning wreckage.
By Doyle Murphy / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 9:40 AM
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A pilot died in a fiery plane crash at Nashville International Airport, but no one noticed the wreckage for about six hours.
A plane crashed in Tennessee, and no one noticed for six hours, officials said.
The single-engine Cessna slammed down at Nashville International Airport about 3 a.m., killing the pilot.
The wreckage burned to charcoal gray beside one of the airport’s four runways but was apparently concealed under a dense morning fog. It wasn’t until another plane taxied past at 9 a.m. that airport officials discovered the fatal landing, authorities said.
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A single-engine Cessna plane crashed early Tuesday morning at Nashville International Airport, killing the pilot, but no one noticed for about six hours.
The National Transportation Safety Board, tasked with the investigation, will also look at the airport’s response, The Tennessean reported.
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“We will want to understand what the circumstances were that caused it to go undiscovered for so long,” spokesman Peter Knudson told the paper.
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Emergency workers responded to the crash when other pilots noticed the debris as they taxied past.
The plane was registered in Canada to the Windsor Flying Club.
The club’s president, David Gillies, told the Windsor Star the 30-something pilot rented the plane on Monday and took off about 4 p.m. for Nashville.
“He flew to Nashville, he tried to land on the runway there and apparently it was fogged in," Gillies told the paper. "Now I don't know why he did that, but that's what he did. He tried to land anyway, and it didn't work."
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Heavy fog on Tuesday apparently concealed the burning wreckage, but federal investigators still want to know why it took six hours for anyone to spot the crash scene.
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Aviation officials claim the pilot never radioed the airport control tower as required, News Channel 5 reported.
The fireball crash may have been captured on an unmanned airport camera, the station reported, citing sources close to the investigation.
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The single-engine Cessna was registered to a Canadian flying club, and the pilot reportedly rented it on Monday afternoon.
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