oo _U;S: began a. safety’ evalu-— * vation: ‘of: the: aircraft i oS 2005. oO ny 3) AIO - The Terrace Standard, Wecinesdlay January 11, 2006 By DUSTIN QUEZADA. AN. AMERICAN congress- -man from the State of Colo- rado wants to see. the Mit- ° -subishi MU-2 aircraft, the’. same plane that crashed here . ’ Dec. 20. killing its two pilots, - . grounded .until a thorough investigation , into its safety is completed. « ‘ “I want to see [the MU-2] . . grounded,” said Congress- man Tom Tancredo. “It » should not be going up into~ . the air “until there is assur- ance’of its safety.” __ . The congressman became - - aware of the aircraft’s safety . . fecord ‘after two crashed, in. the state between, December + 2004 and August 2005. “There were a couple of .° _ grashes | in my jurisdiction ‘+ some ‘of my constituents. ~ were. killed, ” Tancredo said of the three fatalities i in those . two:accidents.° With pressure from. Con- gress, the ‘Federal Aviation “Association” ‘ (FAA) .:in : the in: July. ‘An official with the FAA’ “says it analyzed the aircraft . -and . its. ‘maintenance, ‘pilot _ \ training, : past accidents ‘and ~ conducted. flight: tests. last. month. * The report. is ‘due to ‘be released within the month, “said Alison Duquette of. the ‘FAA; though initial’ recom-. - mendations * advised: MU-2. operators to strongly consid- er airplane-specific pilot and e| ri can “show > 21 since 2001 — 19 of them in - "maintenance training. ‘In .Canada, unlike the. U.S., the MU-2 is. consid- ered: a high performance aircraft and specific training is needed to operate it, says Bill. Yearwood of the Trans- portation’ Safety Board’ of ‘Canada (TSB). The Navair aircraft which crashed here was one of just - 17 MU-2s in commercial use in Canada, while U. S. FAA “numbers indicate almost 400 . of the twin-engine planes are -, registered there. tional Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in. the U.S: MU-2: crashes. the U.S. “That's $ a- huge number of crashes in the U.S.,” said. John Ferrugia, a. ‘Denver’ Co.-based investigative re-, porter who has looked into | the aircraft’s crash history. “This plane. has a history of crashing . that’s. four «times greater than aircraft i in its . “class.” Yearwood, who will ead the Canadian investigation into the Terrace crash, says - the, MU-2 has: many ‘differ-_ ent characteristics from. air- * ‘craft of its: size, making it a. challenge to fly. “This aircraft is differ: ent — it employs a spoiler for roll-control,” Yearwood “said, “Spoilers destroy lift on the wing and, the aircraft ° drops.” ou ; "Other similér-sized pane | Probe continues - “TRANSPORTATION CANADA Safety Board officials be- | gan a detailed investigation this week of the wreckage from « . _.” the Navair’ aircraft-that crashed at. ‘the Northwest Regional’ os , _ “Airport here Dec. 20.'s *,. It follows the board’s on-site investigation after the ac- ‘cident and will try:to determine the’ cause of the crash. that claimed the lives of both pilots.” “We’ Il try.to determine the cause and’ any issues: ‘that pres- ‘enta risk to operators: and passengers,” said Bill Yearwood, the body’ s regional manager of aviation accident investiga- tions. Any such findings would then be passed « on to Trans- port Canada and the manufacturer. | Transport Canada then takes appropriate action based on those findings, said official Rod Nelson, including shutting down a carrier service if necessary. 3 Navair, the: ‘Sydney, B.G.-based company voluntarily sur- tendered’ its operations’ ‘certificate the day after. the crash:af- “ter discussions with Transport Canada officials. ; Navair had been operating five of the 17 Mitsubishi MU- 25: ‘being used by Canadian companies. : The twin-engine aircraft has been involved in a , number of accidents in the last-20 months, said Yearwood, citing an American report of 11 crashes resulting in fatalities j in the last year and a half. © - Yearwood says the U.S. Federal Aviation “Administration _ GAA) i is looking. at the MU-2 model because of the high , fumber of accidents. The FAA is keen to find similarities tus, said Yearwood. ° Representatives from manufacturer Mitsubishi are also. ~ with the Navair wreckage and has been granted observer sta- *- on hand for, the investigation which is taking place. on the jower mainland. “decreases ‘lift, said . Y ‘wood, adding the MU-2 also Statistics from: the Na- - ‘use. ailerons, ° faces on éach of the wings’ trailing edge. One aileron works to in- crease lift, while the other hinged sur- said . Year- employs fixed shaft turbines in its engine, a rarity. in the aviation community. Pointing to the high num- . ber of the aircraft accidents, — with 22 fatalities in the 21 most recent accidents, Con- “ gressman Tancredo ~ says ‘any plane.so difficult to’ fly ‘shouldn’t be in the air. - “If you weré to translate. [the number. of crashes] to | " automobile crashés . where a mechanical problem was: - identified, they would be're-. called in a heartbeat,” a Tan- credo said, . , - Tancredo said he'and oth- “er Congressmen believe that: o there i is evidence leading to more than just: pilot error in the accidents. a Tf you look at the NTSB -on ‘behalf of the Agency. . Marriage Commissioner _ The Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health, is looking for an individual to serve asa Marriage: Commissioner for Terrace. The individual will - ‘perform civil marriages within their community volved -record it’s pilot error, pilot error, ‘pilot error,” ; Fermugia Said. - The Colorado congress- ‘man said he. will wait until: ° _the FAA report is circulated. but in the. meantime | will "continue to lobby for Con-. gressional | -participation in crash investigations. _ “It’s*.the’ manufacturers and the FAA [at crash sites], ‘no one else can participate,” added Tancredo. Conversely, Mitsubishi ‘representatives from Texas were invited to,.the local crash scene, said Yearwood and are. expected to be in- a! analysis this week. Tancredo says he believes ..§ the , FAA’s reluctance.’ to *s open investigations to other. ; bodies is not malicious... i, ‘Maybe there’ S For information and an \ application form. _ Please visit our website at: WWW.Vs. gov.bc.ca 3B BRITISH COLUMBIA. Northern BC Health Care Labour Market ‘Survey ° win a gift certificate. make an appointment. — |. What are the health professions that northern BC needs? Express your opinion in an online survey that will lead to an education and training plan for the North. Just for participating, you will be eligible tc . http: /hweb. unbe. ca/healtheurvey Or provide your feedback i in person. Researchers will .be in Terrace on January 17. Call 250.960. 6380 to UNIVEASITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA . The Government of Canada has contributed funding to this initiative. \ EN aoe . y ms | » forthern health _ - ae | Gouvernement duCanada Government of Canada lane in the wreckage _ not” enough pressure or. maybe » there haven’t been enough " “deaths?” Tancredo said. ' . The. planes, used: almost exclusively for cargo, usu- ally claim the lives of the pilot and first officer. Statistics from ‘the Air- craft Crashes Record Office ‘in Geneva, Switzerland. in- ‘dicate 137 accidents world-" wide. since -1968 involving MU-2s claiming a total of | 333 lives. ; _ The worst accident killed 7 10: people in Australia in 1988. Seven accidents din ‘= : Canada have killed 17 Peo a “ple. cr For the month of December "TOP SELLER : ~ Royal LePage Terrace - Congratulates ’ . 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