B-17 Flying Fortress in Conneticut abgestürzt

[Skyfox]

Ein B-17 Oldtimer ist in den USA bei einem Rundflug abgestürzt:

https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article201325402/Connecticut-USA-Weltkriegsbomber-B-17-stuerzt-mit-Passagieren-an-Bord-ab.html

Zu den Ursachen gibt es noch keine Erkenntnisse.

Ich möchte Euch bitten, hier jetzt keine Diskussion ob der Sinnhaftigkeit von flugfähigen Oldtimern loszutreten,
gerade auch im Zusammenhang mit dem furchtbaren Unglück mit der Schweizer Junkers Ju 52 – Das wäre m.M.n. einen anderen Thread wert.

Mein Mitgefühl gilt den Hinterbliebenen.
Skyfox

[Floppar]

Ein leider schlimmer Unfall. 

Bei CNN gibts ein paar weitere Infos diesbezüglich
"Pilot asked to return to the airport, audio indicates
The B-17 waited a few minutes for turbulence from a prior aircraft to clear before it was cleared for takeoff, according to FAA air traffic control audio recorded by the website LiveATC.net.

But shortly after takeoff, the pilot told air traffic control: "N93012 would like to return to the field."
"What is the reason for coming back?" the controller asked.
"You got No. 4 engine. We'd like to return, and blow it out," another pilot in the aircraft said.
A pilot said he needed to land immediately, and the control tower diverted other jets that were about to land, the recording indicates.

After the B-17 crashed at the end of a runway, a plume of black smoke billowed from the scene.
Jennifer Homendy of the National Transportation Safety Board said the plane hit the instrument landing system posts and veered to the right. It crossed a grassy area then a taxiway and ran into the de-icing facility."
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/02/us/connecticut-plane-crash-trnd/index.html