P-2V air tanker crash Sunday June 3rd

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P-2V air tanker crash Sunday June 3rd

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sad news : 2 pilots die in crash of P-2V

another P-2V makes emergency landing

http://news.yahoo.com/2-pilots-die-fire ... 30122.html
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Re: P-2V air tanker crash Sunday June 3rd

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It concerned these two aircraft:

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=146002 (the one that crashed)

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=146003 : this one could not lower its' undercarriage, burned off fuel for another 90 minutes before the inevitable crashlanding...
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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Re: P-2V air tanker crash Sunday June 3rd

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Saw them both in 2009 at Lancaster Fox Field, nice planes.
Damaged one
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