OT - Indiana Player's Father Killed in Alaska Plane Crash
Sadly, the Michigan football family is only too familiar with this kind of tragedy.
This was the plane crash that killed former Senator Ted Stevens. Indiana freshman tight end Paul Phillips' father killed and brother survived, but no info here on brother's status.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/14407/indiana-player-loses-father-in-plane-crash
Paul's father, Bill Phillips Sr., also played at Indiana, and two other brothers currently play for Stanford and Virginia. The article ends asking for your thoughts and prayers for the family. Goes without saying.
August 11th, 2010 at 10:27 AM ^
And I'm pretty sure I'll never ride in a small plane in Alaska
August 11th, 2010 at 11:26 AM ^
Taking "a small plane in Alaska" is a lot safer than walking across it. It's also impossible to drive in about 90% of the state.
August 11th, 2010 at 11:28 AM ^
They have grizzly bears
August 11th, 2010 at 10:35 AM ^
...crash and rescue efforts. Former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and his son were two of the survivors.
Here's a picture of the aircraft that went down and an article that provides some good context on Alaska bush planes.
The DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter that went down in Alaska last night, killing former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) and carrying other officials, was a prime example of a sturdy, reliable aircraft wilderness pilots have flown for decades, aviation experts and bush pilots told me today.
A pilot on the ground in Dillingham, Alaska who is familiar with the exact aircraft that crashed told me that the DHC-3 Stevens was flying on was a "beautiful and well-maintained airplane" that was an example of the best of the best available to Alaskan bush pilots.