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US Plane Crash
09/19/2011
ABC
AP0919110930-5
AP-APTN-0930: US Plane Crash Monday, 19 September 2011 STORY:US Plane Crash- REPLAY Survivor recounts airshow crash, safety officials comment LENGTH: 02:40 FIRST RUN: 0030 RESTRICTIONS: Part No Access NAmerica/internet/FILE TYPE: English/nats SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/ABC/AP PHOTOS STORY NUMBER: 706077 DATELINE: Reno - 16/18 Sept 2011 LENGTH: 02:40 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY AP TELEVISION - NO ACCESS N.AMERICA/INTERNET ABC - NO ACCESS NAMERICA/INTERNET AP PHOTOS - NO ACCESS CANADA/FOR BROADCAST USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO ACCESS ONLINE OR MOBILE SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION - NO ACCESS N.AMERICA/INTERNET (++PLEASE NOTE RESTRICTIONS++) Reno, Nevada - 16 September 2011 MANDATORY COURTESY: Jacobsen Enterprises No Resale ++QUALITY AS INCOMING++ 1. Amateur video of plane crashing into ground during air show AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Reno, Nevada - 18 September 2011 2. Crash survivor, Noah Joraanstad, in hospital bead 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Noah Joraanstad, crash survivor "I thought I was going to die, and I was like all right, I'm just going to run for it, and I did, and I think I was very very fortunate, I thank God for it...the shrapnel that hit me hit me right in the right spot where it just missed all my important organs and arteries and my spine, so like I said I'm very blessed." 4. Cutaway of Joraanstad in hospital bead 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Noah Joraanstad, crash survivor "It's just tragic but I don't have any anger towards anybody and I would go to another air show." AP PHOTOS - No Access Canada/For Broadcast use only - Strictly No Access Online or Mobile Reno, Nevada -16 September 2011 6. STILL photo debris flying at crash site ABC - NO ACCESS NAMERICA/INTERNET Reno, Nevada - 18 September 2011 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Rosekind, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) spokesman: "The investigators have found that the accident aircraft was equipped with a video camera facing outward. They have also found camera fragments at the wreckage site, and among the wreckage site they have found multiple memory cards that could have come from the camera. Clearly we can't tell at this point whether or not any of those memory cards are from the accident aircraft, and so those memory cards, all that have been found will be sent to the NTSB research and engineering laboratory in Washington DC for analysis." AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Reno, Nevada - 18 September 2011 8. Wide of photos of the crash site, relatives mourning their loss and pilot that died in the crash 9. Close of photo of the deceased pilot, Jimmy Leeward 10. Wide of photos of the crash site, relatives mourning their loss and pilot that died in the crash 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Father Thomas Babu, priest: (partly overlaid with close of plaque in the memory of the victims of the crash) "We take at this time a moment of silence in prayer to show our love and respect for those who lost their lives." 12. Various of people gathered in church during moment of silence 13. Various of poster at makeshift memorial reading (English) "Our prayers are with you September 14, 2001." 14. Local resident taking picture at memorial site 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Ron Knutsen, eye witness to the crash: "It wouldn't matter if they move the planes back a mile, it would still be possible for planes to lose control and, wherever the crowd is, to crash into it and cause casualties." 16. Various of candles at memorial STORYLINE One of the survivors from Friday's fatal air show crash in Reno, Nevada, spoke from his hospital bed about his ordeal on Sunday and said he felt "sure he was going to die" as the plane plummeted to the earth and counts himself "fortunate" to still be alive. Noah Joraanstad was blown off his feet as he tried to run away. Shrapnel hit his back, and he was covered in aviation fuel that burned his skin as spectators tried to wash it off. From his bed at Northern Nevada Medical Centre, where nine stitches were put in his head, Joraanstad said that he was lucky that the shrapnel from the plane did not hit his arteries or spine. "It's just tragic but I don't have any anger towards anybody and I would go to another air show," added the 25-year-old commercial pilot from Alaska. Investigators still do not know what caused the plane to pitch sharply into the crowd at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, killing at least nine people, including pilot Jimmy Leeward, and injuring dozens. Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board said the plane had a video camera facing outward, and memory cards were found at the scene where it crashed near a grandstand in Reno. "Clearly we can't tell at this point whether or not any of those memory cards are from the accident aircraft, and so those memory cards, all that have been found will be sent to the NTSB research and engineering laboratory in Washington DC for analysis," said Mark Rosekind, NTSB spokesman. Before it crashed, the aircraft also sent information to the racing team crew including oil pressure and temperature, altitude and velocity. That information could help investigators determine what caused the plane to crash. Officials said they have heard reports the pilot sent a mayday call before crashing. They said so far there is no evidence of a call. The plane hit the first few rows of VIP box seats, causing a crater roughly three feet (0.9 metre) deep and 8 feet (2.4 metres) across with debris spread out over more than an acre. Some members of the crowd have reported noticing a strange gurgling engine noise from above before the P-51 Mustang, dubbed The Galloping Ghost, pitched violently upward, twirled and took an immediate nosedive into the crowd. The death toll rose to nine Saturday as investigators determined that several onlookers were killed on impact as the plane appeared to lose a piece of its tail before slamming into the crowded tarmac. Officials said 69 people were treated at hospitals, including 46 who have been released and 31 who remain there. Six were in critical condition on Sunday morning. Doctors who treated the injured said it was among the most severe situations they had ever seen because of the large number of people wounded, including at least two children younger than 18 who are not among those in critical condition. Injuries included major head wounds, facial trauma and limb injuries, including amputations, doctors said. Ron Knutsen, a visitor from Santa Rosa, California, was in the grandstand on Friday and witnessed the crash. Even though he was several hundred feet away, Knutsen said he was also hit with small pieces of debris. "It wouldn't matter if they move the planes back a mile, it would still be possible for planes to lose control and, wherever the crowd is, to crash into it," said Knutsen. National Transportation Safety Board officials were on the scene Sunday to determine what caused Leeward to lose control of the plane, and they were looking at amateur video clips that appeared to show a small piece of the aircraft falling to the ground before the crash. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN (Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) 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