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rainbowroute

October 11, 2020 11:57AM

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Geez that is a tough one to read. Controlled flight into terrain due to an absolutely inept and incompetent flight crew.

Mountain flying can be dangerous, and the whole thing is a string of textbook mistakes that finally come together in a fatal event.

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Wichita State plane crash at Silver Plume-1970	weston1879	October 11, 2020 07:54AM
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