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In reply to the discussion: Pilot parachutes, passengers survive plane crash near Kansas City [View all]KS Toronado
(19,700 posts)36. Just got back home
Thanks for finding the https://www.kctv5.com/ article with the rest of the story. From what I see someone at
www.kctv5.com got in a hurry to post the accident (Published: May. 25, 2024 at 4:46 PM CDT|Updated: 11 hours
ago), Hays Post seen it and re-posted it word for word as found 4 hours later at (Posted May 25, 2024 9:00 PM),
then www.kctv5 updated their website (11 hours ago) or 7 hours after the Hays Post posted theirs.
I sent Hays Post an email about
https://www.kctv5.com/2024/05/25/seven-people-survive-plane-crash-near-butler-memorial-airport/,
have no idea if anyone is working on a 3 day weekend.
I thought something didn't add up when I found this article , thanks for finding the rest of the story.
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Pilot parachutes, passengers survive plane crash near Kansas City [View all]
KS Toronado
May 2024
OP
The pilot still has a lot of explaining to do. He parachuted out and left everyone to die...
brush
May 2024
#1
Sounds more like a Trump supporter. "The hell with everyone else I AM THE ONLY IMPORTANT ONE HERE" .
usaf-vet
May 2024
#9
Yes, and the person who wrote this mess of an article should bbe taken to task, not the pilot.
ShazzieB
May 2024
#38
Not to mention the people who assumed from this sketchy report that the pilot was an a-hole
Ocelot II
May 2024
#39
*Everybody* parachuted out of the plane - the article is incomplete and misleading.
Ocelot II
May 2024
#21
I like the OP story. More my kind of joke - like the airline pilot who died peacefully in his sleep while
Wonder Why
May 2024
#35
So the asshole was wearing his chute or did he take time to put it on while telling his passengers he was bailing?
CrispyQ
May 2024
#4
I've never even heard of a pilot carrying a parachute on a small plane like that.
bluedigger
May 2024
#5
See #21. Everyone wears a parachute in a skydiving plane, and everyone parachuted out.
Ocelot II
May 2024
#26
It's really hard to tell from the photo if that's the entire plane or just part of it.
Ocelot II
May 2024
#19