No explosion - since they were out of fuel. This allowed for some lives to be spared.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 12:26 AM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Medellin is 4900’ above MSL, plane had 4k to hit the ground. City is in a > valley surrounded by mountains. > > > clay > > > On Nov 30, 2016, at 5:10 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > >> On November 30, 2016 at 8:03 PM OK Don via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> That would be 9000' MSL - mean sea level. I don't have a clue what the > >> ground level altitude is there, nor what was between them and the > airport. > > > > Maybe they'd been gliding quite some time to have dropped to 9000', and > then > > were surprised when they ran out of battery. That would cause a total > electrical > > failure, wouldn't it? > > > > Mitch. > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
