US & ARIZONA - Plane on mission to photograph MiG crashes; 5 killed

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on mission to photograph MiG crashes; 5 killed

POSTED: 8:16 a.m. EDT, October 19, 2006

 

PRESCOTT, Arizona

(AP) -- A twin-engine plane carrying five people on a flight to photograph a

vintage Soviet jet fighter crashed Wednesday, killing everyone on board, a

federal official said.

The Piper Cheyenne plane and a MiG-21 fighter took off from an airport

in Prescott, about 60 miles north of Phoenix, about 1:30 p.m. for a photo shoot, said Ian Gregor, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman.

As the Cheyenne ascended after takeoff, an air traffic

controller radioed the pilot to warn him about vapor seen coming from the right

engine, Gregor said. The pilot radioed back saying he didn't think it was a

problem.

The MiG pilot told investigators he thought he had a problem with a

landing gear door about 20 minutes into the flight and asked the pilot of the

other plane to fly in close for an inspection, Gregor said.

The MiG pilot said the other plane flew under his jet but never

reappeared. He radioed air traffic controllers that there may have been a

mid-air collision at about 8,900 feet. But Gregor said there was no sign of

damage on the jet after it landed safely in Prescott.

Searchers spotted a large column of smoke 16 miles

northeast of Prescott and found the Cheyenne destroyed in a crash.

" The plane was completely burned up, " said John Ginn, fire

district chief for Chino Valley north of Prescott. " The only

thing left was a small section of tail and two engines. There was very little

discernible. "

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/19/az.crash.ap/index.html

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