تاريخ التقرير 09-02-2008
February 09, 2008
الطائرة فقدة بتاريخ: 02-02-2008 الموافق 24 محرم 1429هـ
Feb 9,2008
نوع الطائرة: سسنا Cessna 340A (محركين)
المكان: Grand Meadow / أمريكا
عدد الضحايا: 4 أشخاص (رجلان وأمرأتان)
تناثر حطام طائرة سسنا من طراز 340 ذات المحركين والتي تم الإبلاغ عن أختفائها يوم السبت الماضي، حيث عثر على حطام الطائرة في مساحة 300 ياردة.
ويعتقد بأن أربعة أشخاص كانوا على متن الطائرة وهم كلاً من:مايكل بايبيك 75 سنة
جويس بايبيك 70 سنة
ألفين بيكر 79 سنة
غايل بيوجال 68 سنة
وتم اكتشاف حطام الطائرة في منطقة مرتفعة (حوالي 4500 قدم) عن سطح البحر ومغطاة بالثلوج.
الطائرة التي تم العثور عليها
طائرة من طراز سسنا Cessna 340A
Authorities believe Michael Bybyk, 75, and Joyce Bybyk, 70, both of Fullerton, Alvin Baker, 79, of Chino, and Gail Pugel, 68, of Ontario, were in the twin-engine Cessna 340A when it disappeared into a cloud bank a week ago Saturday.
The plane apparently struck the side of a mountain, leaving wreckage spread throughout the area, said Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
``Some remains were collected today, but no positive IDs will be made without scientific proof,'' Gutierrez said.
At least one coroner's investigator was assigned to the crash, a deputy
coroner said this afternoon.
``It's a debris field 300 yards wide and a couple hundred yards long on steep, snowy, difficult terrain,'' Civil Air Patrol Capt. Andrea Binder said earlier. ``They have located some personal belongings, but nothing to confirm any identities at this point.''
One team of searchers walked in and another flew in, Binder said.
A sheriff's helicopter crew spotted wreckage before sundown yesterday in the middle branch of Millard Canyon, a rugged chasm north of Interstate 10 and east of Banning, sheriff's officials said.
The canyon cuts through the Morongo Band of Mission Indians Reservation and the San Gorgonio Wilderness.
``We've had five or six plane crashes in that area, on Kitching Peak,'' said Steve Bryant, 61, a veteran of the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit since the 1960s. ``It happens periodically when there's fog in the pass, because Kitching Peak sticks out to the south.''
The summit of Kitching Peak juts into the pass at 6,598 feet elevation, and stands just east of Millard Canyon's east branch.
The plane wreckage was spotted yesterday in an area at about 4,500 feet elevation, which would have been covered by fresh snow during last weekend's blizzard.
Most snow at that elevation has since melted.
Meanwhile, an investigator with the Federal Aviation Administration or the National Transportation Safety Board was expected at the Hemet-Ryan airbase, said sheriff's Deputy Craig Roberts.
The plane was owned by the Bybyks, and family members reported the four people missing Wednesday night, Chino police said.