Gulfstream down

[TangoWhiskey]

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/three-dead-in-private-plane-crash-559085.html

3 Americans on board... all reported deceased.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...jet-crash-south-France.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

 

[Ted]

Not good.

 

[AggieMike88]

"Some 60 firefighters doused the flaming aircraft, which lost a wing on its landing approach." (emphasis mine)

Uh oh... structural failure double plus ungood.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

"Some 60 firefighters doused the flaming aircraft, which lost a wing on its landing approach." (emphasis mine)

Uh oh... structural failure double plus ungood.

Yeah, I don't trust that media statement... looks like it landed, thrust reverses were deployed, and it departed the runway. If you look at the pictures, trees have impact marks right at the height of the wings. If they'd lost a wing, they wouldn't have landed on the runway...

 

[olasek]

which lost a wing on its landing approach." (emphasis mine)

It could be a journalistic double-talk, pure invention.
Other sources do not mention anything like that.

 

[Captain]

To a journalist any part of the approach to landing roll is 'on approach'. After the landing roll its 'on the Tarmac'.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

After the landing roll its 'on the Tarmac'.

Even though, most often, it's not. Most modern runways are concrete.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmac

 

[TangoWhiskey]

New pictures and details, including which US operator (out of Florida) was flying it:

http://firegeezer.com/2012/07/14/american-private-jet-crashes-in-france/

 

[Henning]

Even though, most often, it's not. Most modern runways are concrete.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmac

After the landing rollout, one is no longer on the runway.