We now have more insight into the final moments of Flight 3407 as it crashed into a suburb near Buffalo. I saw this one coming a mile away. You may remember, immediately after the story broke, I was questioning the experience levels of both pilots — especially the co-pilot. It looks as if both pilot and co-pilot shared my thoughts before human error seems to have ended the lives of everyone onboard Flight 3407.

22:10:32 — First

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April 20th, 2009 // comments (0)

Hijack In Jamaica: Man Arrested After Hostage Standoff

A ‘mentally challenged’ man hijacked a plane on a tarmac in Jamaica late last night. CanJet 519 was a Canadian-based charter plane headed from Montego Bay to Canada via Cuba. The hijack wasn’t without incident, at least one shot was fired and several of the 167 hostages were robbed during the ordeal. The standoff ended just hours ago.

Here’s a CTV report with a passenger interview: