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From: paul@ubvax.UUCP (Paul Fries)
Newsgroups: net.rec.skydive
Subject: Re: Jump Plane Crash - 9/29/85
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Date: Tue, 8-Oct-85 15:15:18 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  8 15:15:18 1985
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PLEASE, NO FLAMES ON THIS.  MORE CORRECT/COMPLETE INFORMATION IS WELCOME!

"RELIABLE" INFORMATION

The aircraft that went down was "Cowboy's Caravan", a turbo-prop Cessna
Caravan that will carry 16 jumpers (the news video I saw showed the tail
section of the craft with the words "COWBOY'S CARAVAN" clearly visible).
News report said all on board were killed (pilot + 16 jumpers).  Report
also indicated that the airplane HAD BEEN GROUNDED with fuel contamination
problems earlier in the week.

RUMORS (unconfirmed, word of mouth)

1) Aircraft was still legally grounded when used for the jump.
2) Aircraft had flown one or more loads earlier in the day.
3) Fuel was contaminated with sugar.
4) Investigation concerning possible drug related activities is on-going.
   I.E. There is some question that the owner and/or craft had been
   involved in drug traffic operations, and that the crash was someone's
   retribution.

PLEASE CORRECT/ADD INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE.

I am most upset at this whole thing and do not want it to get lost in the
shuffle the way that many disasters do after their initial shock value has
worn off.