Magdalen islands (Canada) crash

[Rabbi O'Genius]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35922225

Private (chartered?) turboprop crashed while landing in "heavy winds and snow" on the way to a funeral.

Gratuitous speculation : Gethereitis?

[ZilogMan]

No survivors:
Jean Lapierre, political commentator and former Liberal federal cabinet minister
Nicole Beaulieu. (wife)
Martine Lapierre. (sister)
Marc Lapierre. (brother)
Louis Lapierre. (brother)
Pascal Gosselin. (crew member.
Fabrice Labourel. (crew member)

They were going to Jean Lapierre`s father funerals

Pix:
http://i.cbc.ca/1.3511241.1459352062!/f ... slands.jpg
EDIT: same picture as Rabbi`s link

[flyboy2548m]

I'm wondering what Canadian regulations would say about a charter being operated by a Quebecoir-crewed but N-registerd airplane (if this was, in fact, a charter).

[ZilogMan]

Not a charter as far as I know, it was a private thing. Jean Lapierre (the ex-minister) and the pilot in command were very good friends.

[3WE]

Gratuitous speculation : Gethereitis?

What's the difference in Gethereitis and using a highly capable plane to take on conditions which are challenging, but nevertheless within the capabilities of the aircraft and typical operations (with supposedly adequate safety buffers)

Luck?

The moment you deviate from procedure?

Some intangible, veteran, gut-feeling, school-of-hard-knocks judgment that you just can't put on paper?

Zilog, sorry for the loss of your friends. Sometimes it conjures up safety questions of anything that isn't "first-world-airline" (of course, then there's the other modes of transportation).