Melchior FRANZ said: > * Peter L -- Saturday 14 August 2004 05:14: > > > Was it the USAF? I couldn't remember anymore, just that it happened.. > > > > Actually, marines. Very unfortunate accident in clear weather in 1998 in > > Italy. US marine training flight, the plane returned with some damage. > > > > The route was a well used one, but it appears they flew lower than normal. > > That's a bit euphemistic. They flew lower than allowed, against clear orders. > And the pilot filmed the whole thing to show off to his friends (IIRC). Despite > killing 20(?) people the fines were AFAIK ridiculously low. He would have > sat a few years in prison in most legal systems ... >
There were no fines. The official line: http://www.dod.gov/news/Feb1998/n02101998_9802105.html The media: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/jan-june99/marines_2-3.html http://www.cnn.com/US/9902/26/marines.cable.car.02/ The result: http://www.cnn.com/US/9903/04/marines.cablecar.03/ Back to Erik's original comment: note that if the information regarding the charting of the cable was _key_ to the defense in this case. Best, Jim _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
