Is there a way to get in contact with him? My dad was also severely injured in that accident and recently passed away. I’d like to get information to him in case they knew each other.
thats the part that they left out. the pilot was using drugs and still went up. my father was one of the 40 you suffered burns and almost died that night. he has since passed in 2008.
My dad was also on that ship and he mentioned the guy was sick and had taken cold meds but was also pressured into going back to training from higher ups. My dad said he had just finished up his shift on the flight deck and was walking down some steps when he heard the crash. That guy should have been in bed resting.
I was there on a general quarters fire hose station below decks, forward galley. One of my mess scullery members was killed on the flight deck fighting the fire. His last name Ionnetti. He was a good man. I thought I would be called to fight this fire, but wasnt. The fire was so intense it melted the helmet to the pilots head. My first view of fire victims in body bags. Very sad. Specifics of the crash were hearsay, so I cannot comment.
