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Passenger lands turboprop plane after pilot dies

plane.jpgMIAMI, Florida (CNN)  — It’s a nightmarish scenario straight out of the movies: A passenger is forced to land a plane after its pilot becomes incapacitated.

“Descend and maintain 5,000. Just take your time, we’ll set you up for the airport,” an air traffic controller says.

In a calm voice, a passenger responds: “I need to get my throttle set for this descent. I don’t know where to set it at.”

The reality was playing aboard a plane over Florida on Sunday in what the National Air Traffic Controllers Association called “an Easter miracle.”

FAA: Kids among 14 to 17 dead in MT plane crash

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BUTTE, Mont. – A small plane — possibly carrying children on a ski trip — crashed Sunday as it approached the Butte airport, killing 14 to 17 people aboard, a federal official said. The single engine turboprop nose-dived into a cemetery 500 feet from its destination.

The aircraft crashed and burned while attempting to land, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus. The plane crashed in Holy Cross Cemetery.

An investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board offered few details at a press conference in Butte Sunday night. No cause of the crash was given.

“We are just beginning our investigation,” said Kristi Dunks. “We don’t have a lot of information at this time.

“Certain family members were contacted,” she said. “At this point, I don’t have an exact number.”

SENATOR SONIA WILLIAMS SWORN IN AS NEW MINISTER FOR EDUCATION

Prime Minister Skerrit announces changes to his Cabinet with

more changes to follow in the new year

 

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Roseau, Dominica – November 21, 2008…….. Senator Sonia Williams was yesterday sworn in as the new Minister for Education, Human Resource Development, Sports and Youth Affairs. On Tuesday, November 18, 2008, Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit announced changes to his Cabinet and promised further changes in the new year.

TRADE MINISTER OUTLINES COLLABORATIVE APROACH TO BOOST PRODUCTION FOR DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION AND THE E

trade_minister_macintyre_at_2008_roseau_market_day.jpgRoseau, Dominica – November 7, 2008……….Minister for Trade, Senator, Dr. Colin McIntyre has highlighted the  collaborative  work between  the Ministries of Agriculture and Trade and other partners  to ensure  that Dominica has the quantum and quality supplies to service both the domestic and export markets.

 

Hon. McIntyre made the disclosure at one of the signature events of the Reunion Independence 2008 activities- Market Day with a Difference in Roseau last Saturday.

ATTORNEYS GENERAL, MINISTERS OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND SENIOR LEGAL OFFICIALS FROM THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNIT

ag_baron-royer_and_ccj_president_at_fyh_oct_2008.jpgRoseau, Dominica – October 15, 2008……. Attorneys General and Ministers for Legal Affairs, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice and other legal officials from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) gathered in Dominica recently for the First Meeting of Senior Officials of the Legal Affairs Committee (SOLAC), Chief Parliamentary Counsel (CPC) and the Fourteenth Special Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee (LAC).  

 

In an address at the opening ceremony at the Fort Young Hotel in Roseau, Dominica’s Attorney General, Hon. Francine Baron-Royer explained the mandate of the Legal Affairs Committee.