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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAK Republican Rep Gary Knopp dies in planecrash
Read this on CNN. He was the pilot and only person in his plane. It collided midair with another plane with 6 passengers (pilot, guide and 4 twenty something tourists from SC).
Tragic accident for sure!... but what I found interesting was an article from Ballotpedia on his recent recall because he was working with Democrats.
https://ballotpedia.org/Gary_Knopp_recall,_Alaska_House_of_Representatives_%282020%29
Here's the CNN link too
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/01/us/midair-collision-alaska/index.html
Wawannabe
(6,254 posts)Why but the ballotpedia link isn't turning out. I reloaded and re copied link and it should work. But I get an Oooops page.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(102,337 posts)You need to replace the opening one with %28, and the closing one with %29 - the ASCII codes for them.
Thus:
https://ballotpedia.org/Gary_Knopp_recall,_Alaska_House_of_Representatives_%282020%29
Wawannabe
(6,254 posts)So many smart peeps on DU!
🙏
Wawannabe
(6,254 posts)And I have learned something about ascii!
irisblue
(33,996 posts)lindysalsagal
(22,297 posts)who thinks it's gotta be pretty hard to collide a plane into another plane? Like as in, you've gotta try really, really hard?
Just me?
Wawannabe
(6,254 posts)I am not a conspiracy theorist ...but ...that recall effort was very recent and he had to of been getting some humongous backlash as Alaskans are not people to be effed with.
I just had this feeling like something's wrong with this "crash".
pdxflyboy
(717 posts)Colliding midair with another aircraft is VERY EASY to do. If another aircraft is on a course that basically intercepts yours, it does not move relative to you. It just gets larger REALLY FAST! This situation does not involve foul play. Ive had some near misses. It happens way too much, even when you are vigilant.
Wawannabe
(6,254 posts)I know there is a lot of small craft traffic in AK. So maybe not suspicious after all but had my "fishy smell" glands going for a bit. Lol!
Hugin
(34,420 posts)and they ran into each other.
I guess the accident report listed license numbers "1" and "2".
Similar things, do similar things in the same places. So, they have to watch out for each other.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)we lost one of the good conservatives we need to take over from those gone rotten.
RIP.
sfstaxprep
(9,999 posts)An extreme tragedy all the way around.