Tragic! Plane crashes over airport barrier and collides with car in US, killing 5 people, including children | VIDEO
According to Aviation International News, the HondaJet attained speeds of more than 153 mph on a 5,100-foot runway before taxiing 1,300 feet from the end. The jet then decelerated to approximately 118 mph as it approached the runway’s end.
A 12-year-old child was among five persons killed in the horrific crash of a small business plane near a suburban Phoenix airport, police said Wednesday. According to preliminary information, the six-seater HondaJet HA-420 aircraft was on its way to Provo, Utah, when it aborted takeoff from Mesa’s Falcon Field airfield on Tuesday afternoon. According to authorities, the plane smashed through the airport’s metal barrier before colliding with a vehicle driving on a road west of the airport.
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According to Aviation International News, the HondaJet reached speeds of over 153 mph on a 5,100-foot runway before taxiing approximately 1,300 feet from the end. The jet then slowed to around 118 mph by the runway’s end. Ian Petchenik, a spokesman for Flightradar24, a real-time air traffic monitoring service, said the HondaJet was traveling at 78.25 mph at its last reported position before the collision.
It wasn’t immediately evident why the jet couldn’t take off. The National Transportation Safety Board is handling the inquiry, with assistance from the Federal Aviation Administration and Mesa authorities.
Four of the five passengers on the jet perished on the scene, Mesa police confirmed Wednesday. The unidentified pilot was hospitalised with significant burns injuries. Graham Kimball, 12, was on the plane with his 44-year-old father, Drew Kimball.
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