A charred car and aircraft debris smoulder where authorities say a small business jet crashed into an apartment building. Photo: Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal
Akron, Ohio: As many as nine people are feared dead (click here) after a small private jet crashed into an apartment building in the midwestern US city of Akron.
The plane, a twin-engine business jet, was on approach to the airport in the Ohio city when it crashed on Tuesday, reports said.
The owner of the private jet said nine people, including two pilots, were on board. None are believed to be alive....
Three minute assuming one is not drunk, deeply asleep or taking sleeping pills.
Chicago (WLS) --
These large open boxes were set up for the I-Team by the Alsip Fire Department. The one on the right is full of older or antique furniture, made of cotton, wool and down.
The room on the left is a typical a home with newer, synthetic furniture made with chemicals like polyurethane and hydro-carbons.
Firefighters and other safety experts lit both rooms at the same time using a candle. In just one minute and thirty seconds, flames raged through the newer furnishings in what firefighters call a "flashover."
The old furniture burned slowly. It takes more than 13 minutes to "flashover."
"The products now-a-days are all synthetic," says Thomas Styczynski, Fire Chief Village of Alsip. "They are hydrocarbons, a solid form of gasoline if you will. They will ignite quicker, they give off different gasses. Besides carbon monoxide, they give off cyanide gases, all those which are toxic to humans." ...
