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The Bear Creek plane crash - a year later

 

Tuesday, May 22, 2001
Families memorialize plane crash victims

By Rich Mates
  Families of the 19 killed in the Bear Creek Township crash of a chartered airplane marked the one-year anniversary of the disaster with a solemn memorial service Monday on Montage Mountain.

Michael J. Mullen photo

A grove of trees was planted on Montage Mountain in memory of the 19 victims

 
Monday, May 21, 2001
NTSB says pilot cursed plane's fuel gauges
By Rich Mates
  Only two hours before takeoff on the fatal flight, the first officer complained that he could not tell how much fuel was in the airplane's tanks because cockpit gauges appeared to be malfunctioning.
Crash Leaves Memories, Questions for Plains Man


Sunday, May 20, 2001
Bear Creek Memorials Honor Memories of Plane Crash Victims
By Jessica Matthews
 The sign stands outside the township building in Bear Creek. It is not a fancy sign but three words painted on it are a powerful reminder of a tragedy.

Rich Banick photo

Report Recounts Pre-crash Pilot-Controller Exchanges

 

 

Saturday, May 19, 2001
NTSB releases crash report
By Rich Mates
  A lawyer, looking through newly released information about the crash of a chartered airplane in Bear Creek Township said he has not found any surprises so far.

Thursday, May 17, 2001
NTSB Expected To Issue Report On Plane Crash 
  Nearly one year after a plane crash in Bear Creek Township killed 19 people, a report is expected Friday from the National Transportation Safety Board on its investigation into the disaster.

Sunday, May 13, 2001
Investigator: Dual Failures Struck Plane
By Rich Mates
 
Pilots struggled with one failure after another for as long as two minutes before a charter plane crashed last May in Bear Creek Township, killing all 19 people aboard, an investigator says.

Saturday, April 7, 2001
A wrenching retrieval
By Borys Krawczeniuk
 
The wreckage of the crashed Jetstream 31 turboprop sat mostly untouched in an airport hangar for almost a year before Bob Bolus had to look at it again.

Feb. 22, 2001
Personal effects evoke memories
By Jessica Matthews
  It was only a scrap of twisted gold chain, but Arlene Decker hoped it was more.
Personal items' claims resolved