Pilot Pat Merkle blames fog for high voltage tower plane crash
Merkle says as he flew over Frederick, he considered landing there, but even as the fog rolled in, he kept going toward his home airport in Gaithersburg, Md.
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Merkle says as he flew over Frederick, he considered landing there, but even as the fog rolled in, he kept going toward his home airport in Gaithersburg, Md.
Continental Airlines Flight 1713 from Denver to Boise, Idaho, crashed on takeoff from Denver's old Stapleton Airport on Nov. 15, 1987, 28 people died.
Continental Airlines Flight 1713 from Denver to Boise, Idaho, crashed on takeoff from Denver's old Stapleton Airport on Nov. 15, 1987, 28 people died.
Straight-and-level flight doesn't refer to a literal straight line through the air. It's based on keeping a consistent altitude and direction.
One plane was found in a field near the 10,000 block of Niwot Road, while the second plane was found in the 9,700 block of Niwot Road.