charlotte north carolina january 8 2003 a air midwest flight for us airways express is a full beech 1900 today under the command of captain katie lesie bound for greenvile a short flight of 19 minutes. the ground staff are concerned about weight of the plane but its not overweight according to the estimates. ahead of them in the take off queque is a crj which they have to wait for to keep a safe disatnce and after takeoff the plane quickly goes into a high noseup and the plane stalls and crashes into a hanger killing everyone on board and a few on the ground. the ntsbs investigator is her first in charge of a crash and the cause of the accident is determined to be a falty maitence to the elevators before the crash and also the plane was way too heavy in the circumstances. the fact they don’t use acctual weights to weigh planes is also critiercised despite the cost.
next time a dc-9 encounters a storm will it land despite not knowing the nearest airport.
Harrison’s world 