Ultralights
08-26-2005, 12:10 AM
just found a story and a few more stating that the wreckage of the 737 which crashed in Peru is being looted for cargo and passenger effects... and sadly the cause of the crash will never be known as the Black boxes have been stolen.....
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/25/peru.crash.ap/index.html
this is just one story...
and aperently its been know that if you crash in a third world country, dont expect the local population to help save you, they will wait untill you die, or even kill you if your seriously injured to steel your personal belongings...
the fucked up thing is, it isnt just related to third world countries!
Crashed Plane Reportedly Had Drugs
Filed at 10:43 p.m. EDT
By The Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) -- A small plane loaded with marijuana crashed in a baseball field Sunday night after being followed by Customs Service planes for about 1,500 miles. Residents ran to help, but some fled with bundles of drugs while the pilot was dying, witnesses said.
Three Customs planes started following the aircraft -- carrying 300 pounds of marijuana -- near El Paso, Texas, Fire Chief Lee Moore said. The pilot apparently ran low on fuel before crashing on Detroit's west side.
Customs officials often follow planes near the U.S. and Mexican border. Moore said he believes the pilot, realizing he was being followed, was trying to escape to Canada.
``I'm assuming in his desperation there was an attempt to stop in this field,'' Moore said.
Customs officials did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Neighbor Gloria Johnson said she heard a boom, saw the plane hit a tree and then crash into the field. She said the pilot was still alive when neighbors ran to help.
``There were big bundles of drugs and money all around the plane,'' Ms. Johnson said. ``The bundles of marijuana looked like two big suitcases.''
Ms. Johnson said she saw people leave the scene with some of the packages.
``A couple of guys came to help, then grabbed the bags of drugs and left,'' Johnson said. Police would not confirm that.
The plane, which crashed near a junior high school, was upside-down and missing its tail after the crash. About 20 firefighters and police officers flipped it over and extracted the pilot's body.
No one else was believed to be aboard the plane, Moore said.
As Customs officials removed bundles from the scene, police officers searched an area several blocks wide for parts of the plane and other evidence.
``School starts in the morning. We want to get it cleaned up by then,'' Detroit police Officer Bill Ratliff said.
i dont know about you, but my first instinct would be to help survivors first..
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/25/peru.crash.ap/index.html
this is just one story...
and aperently its been know that if you crash in a third world country, dont expect the local population to help save you, they will wait untill you die, or even kill you if your seriously injured to steel your personal belongings...
the fucked up thing is, it isnt just related to third world countries!
Crashed Plane Reportedly Had Drugs
Filed at 10:43 p.m. EDT
By The Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) -- A small plane loaded with marijuana crashed in a baseball field Sunday night after being followed by Customs Service planes for about 1,500 miles. Residents ran to help, but some fled with bundles of drugs while the pilot was dying, witnesses said.
Three Customs planes started following the aircraft -- carrying 300 pounds of marijuana -- near El Paso, Texas, Fire Chief Lee Moore said. The pilot apparently ran low on fuel before crashing on Detroit's west side.
Customs officials often follow planes near the U.S. and Mexican border. Moore said he believes the pilot, realizing he was being followed, was trying to escape to Canada.
``I'm assuming in his desperation there was an attempt to stop in this field,'' Moore said.
Customs officials did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Neighbor Gloria Johnson said she heard a boom, saw the plane hit a tree and then crash into the field. She said the pilot was still alive when neighbors ran to help.
``There were big bundles of drugs and money all around the plane,'' Ms. Johnson said. ``The bundles of marijuana looked like two big suitcases.''
Ms. Johnson said she saw people leave the scene with some of the packages.
``A couple of guys came to help, then grabbed the bags of drugs and left,'' Johnson said. Police would not confirm that.
The plane, which crashed near a junior high school, was upside-down and missing its tail after the crash. About 20 firefighters and police officers flipped it over and extracted the pilot's body.
No one else was believed to be aboard the plane, Moore said.
As Customs officials removed bundles from the scene, police officers searched an area several blocks wide for parts of the plane and other evidence.
``School starts in the morning. We want to get it cleaned up by then,'' Detroit police Officer Bill Ratliff said.
i dont know about you, but my first instinct would be to help survivors first..