Interesting flight path

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Chris Kennedy

May 12, 2011, 07:34:16 AM
The Phoenix PD Pilatus made an interesting flight early this morning.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N620FB

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Joe Copalman

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May 12, 2011, 07:58:00 AM
There was a major roll-over wreck on the I-8 west of Gila Bend this morning, perhaps this flight was in support of that.
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Joe Copalman

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May 12, 2011, 08:10:07 AM
Wow.  Not a rollover at all.  Looks like a Border Patrol truck was hit by a train:
http://ktar.com/category/local-news-articles/20110512/2-Border-Patrol-agents-hit-by-a-train-near-Gila-Bend/
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Chris Kennedy

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May 12, 2011, 08:14:33 AM
That's kind of strange. What did they do, fall asleep on the tracks or something? Not much in the article.

It looks like the plane did circle in that area, along with several other places along the 8.

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Daniel DeSart

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May 12, 2011, 03:49:32 PM
Quote from: Chris Kennedy on May 12, 2011, 08:14:33 AM
That's kind of strange. What did they do, fall asleep on the tracks or something? Not much in the article.

It looks like the plane did circle in that area, along with several other places along the 8.



They were tracking a group of illegals or smugglers with another team of agents, sounds like they were trying to move in for the take down when they got pegged by the train.

Jay Beckman

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May 12, 2011, 04:35:31 PM
It's not entirely inconceivable that they didn't see the train if they were intensely concentrating on the task at hand.

I remember one night I was prowling around the east side of the airport in Philly one evening looking to do some dusk arrival shots and I paused for just a minute at a spot I thought might be good, looked in my rear view mirror and had it filled with coupler!

I was probably ten seconds from being turned into a cheese steak!  :o
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Paul Dumm

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July 23, 2011, 05:00:48 PM
lets go this way,...............No, I whant to go this way,......................No I said this way.................No the other way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What must of been going in on this boeing flight to willie
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE21/history/20110723/1600Z/KBFI/KIWA
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July 23, 2011, 06:53:02 PM
LOL.  Actually, aside from a Bugs Bunnyesque feint toward Albuquerque, it stuck to the original flight plan.

The landing was equally baffling - looked like center, then left, then it actually landed right.  Did the best we could.
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