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TexasTowelie

(112,552 posts)
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 07:31 PM Jul 2015

Two killed in plane crash in Portland

PORTLAND, TEXAS - Two people were killed Saturday afternoon when the small plane they were flying in crashed in Portland.

Portland police said the aircraft crashed near the edge of the water at the North Shore Country Club around 2:20 p.m. Police were unsure where the plane was flying to or what brought it down.

http://www.caller.com/news/local-news/2-killed-in-plane-crash-in-portland_11779374 (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)

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Two killed in plane crash in Portland (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2015 OP
Way too many small crash airplanes lately. yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #1
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. Way too many small crash airplanes lately.
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 07:35 PM
Jul 2015

Too lax on who can fly? Too easy to get trained? Perhaps a look at procedures and regulations are in order. The families will never be the same again.

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