The dogs flying the plane was the "talk" around the airport.....here's the quote from our local paper: "in the days after the accident, several people called police and said the men (construction workers) were swapping tales about how the actor was near falling-down drunk after the crash, and about how they helped Swayze remove beer and wine from the aircraft and helped him concoct a story". Five days after the crash, police recontacted the men (construction workers) and one admitted he had told a lie "that the crash had actually occurred at 10 AM instead of 11 AM and that Swayze at first believed he had landed just over the hill from his New Mexico ranch". There's more "juice" in the article but too long to write. Jim -----Original Message----- From: steve greenhow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jim McLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Coupe-list <[email protected]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 6:08 AM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Swayze News
>Here's the AP & Reuters versions. Jim, your reporting was much >jucier. The news agencies had nothing about the dogs flying the >aircraft. :-) > > >Three charged for lying in Patrick Swayze emergency landing investigation >Wed, Jun 14 01:00 AM EDT > > PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) - Three men were charged with lying Tuesday for >allegedly failing to tell police that they helped Patrick Swayze remove >beer and wine from his plane before driving him to a hotel after he made >an emergency landing. > > Swayze's publicist, Annett Wolf in Los Angeles, denied there was alcohol >on the plane. "It's unfortunate that there were people there who felt the >need to say what they said," Wolf said. After the actor landed his 1978 >twin-engine Cessna 414A on June 1, police were unable to question him for >12 hours, when he returned messages left on his cell phone. The National >Transportation Safety Board had instructed police to get a toxicology >report from Swayze, according to the police report. > > The actor was unhurt when he landed on a road where a subdivision is to >be built in Prescott Valley, about 145 kilometres north of Phoenix, Ariz. >He hit a light pole, tearing off part of a wing. > > The three men, charged with giving false information, said they helped >the actor remove a half-empty 30-pack of beer and a near-empty bottle of >wine from the plane before bringing him to a hotel, police said. > > Brian Nelson, Adam Martin and Joshua Angel face the misdemeanor charge >for initially telling police they didn't witness the incident. The three >didn't return phone calls seeking comment. All were cited and released. > > Police spokesman Sgt. P. J. Janik said there isn't enough evidence to >charge Swayze. Wolf said Swayze contacted the Federal Aviation >Administration after landing. > > Swayze told the FAA he was forced to land because of pressurization >problems. > > Bob Crispin, an investigator for the National Transportation Safety >Board, confirmed that investigators found a fault in the pressurization >system that would cause symptoms, such as a loud noise, similar to what >Swayze described. > > Crispin said investigators found no evidence of alcohol in Swayze's >plane. > > Swayze, 47, has starred in movies including Ghost, a hit with Demi Moore, >and Dirty Dancing, the 1987 movie that helped launch his career. > >========= >Beer reported on Swayze crash plane > >Updated 9:03 PM ET June 13, 2000 > > PHOENIX (Reuters) - Actor Patrick Swayze may have been carrying 30 >bottles of beer aboard his small plane when he was forced to make an >emergency landing earlier this month in northern Arizona, police said >Tuesday. > > Police said construction workers at a site near the crashed plane had >admitted carting away the beer bottles -- 10 of which were empty -- as >well as a bottle of wine from the twin-engine Cessna piloted by Swayze, >who was uninjured in the landing about 90 miles north of Phoenix. > > The "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost" star will not face any charges in >Arizona and police said they did not know whether Swayze, 47, had been >drinking before the June 1 crash in the small town of Prescott Valley. The >actor told police he had not been drinking nor taken any drugs in an >interview he had with them nine hours after the incident. > > "We will never know to what extent if any, alcohol played in this," >police sergeant P.J Janik told Reuters. "We have no physical evidence of >impairment. You can't charge somebody with something you don't have." > > Swayze's spokeswoman said aviation officials had found no alcohol aboard >when giving the plane a routine check shortly after the emergency landing. >"As of this time nothing suspicious has been reported by the authorities. >Patrick Swayze has not done anything wrong," Annette Wolf told Reuters. > > Swayze was flying with his two dogs from Los Angeles to Las Vegas when >his plane apparently developed a mechanical problem and he decided to make >a precautionary landing. > > Police said Swayze was picked up by one of the workers in the remote >area and driven to a house and then to a local motel. They said he also >telephoned authorities. > > The police have turned over the results of their investigation to >aviation authorities. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in >Oklahoma City said he was not aware of any information about the incident. >A National Transportation Safety Board official could not immediately be >reached for comment. > > ========= > On Tue,13 Jun 2000, Jim McLean wrote: > >> More news in the local paper tonight. Witnesses now say Swayze was so >> swacked he could barely stand up. Another said Swayze stated he >> thought he had landed on his ranch in New Mexico!! He had two dogs >> with him. Talk at the airport is, the dogs were flying the plane. >> All witness statements and the Police report have been forwarded to >> NTSB in Phoenix. NTSB says without "hard" evidence like breath or >> blood data it isn't likely they will take any action.....they _did_ >> say that now the investigation will probably take 6 months to >> complete. 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