Quote from Adnan:
I was at the airport and heard Divi Divi staff talking about the accident. The pilot did not make it. This was said by someone who had spoken to him on the morning flight. The plane is 600 m under the surface. Two Dutch marine boats are over the site of the crash. Very sad.
Dolfijn fm (local station), nu.nl, amigoe and wikipedia reverted their notifications about the pilot being alive. Still nothing confirmed yet.
One of the passengers talking about the crash on audio: http://filesocial.com/ht7za1 (dutch)
They found the pilot! he’s still alive!
Adnan Hassan says the plane lost power in one of the engines. The pilot landed the plane in the ocean near “klein Bonaire”.
All passengers survived, but the pilot is still missing. One of the passengers said the pilot couldn’t get out. According to a passenger the water came in quickly and the plane sunk really fast. The pilot probably sunk with the plane.
Some passengers left the hospital already and heading back to Curacao, with.. a plane!
Just heard a divi divi airplane has crashed on Bonaire, all passengers survived the crash.
Divi Divi Air, locally know as “e Divi Divi” (The Divi Divi) operates about 7 to 9 flights daily between the islands.
Updates will follow soon!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:25
We can see the activity from our home. Unfortunately, the pilot seems to have been lost. The rest of the passengers are apparently fine. The plane lost power in an engine. And they tried to land on the water. The water came in quickly, according to a passenger.
October 22nd, 2009 at 13:15
Thanks for the update! do you have pictures?
October 22nd, 2009 at 14:00
What’s your source for the pilot being found alive?
October 22nd, 2009 at 14:05
Twitter > Dolfijn fm, local music station. Not confirmed yet by other sources
October 22nd, 2009 at 14:16
The Wikipedia of Divi Divi is also updated by someone. It’s stating that the pilot made it as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divi_Divi_Air
October 22nd, 2009 at 14:24
Justin! thanks for confirming!
October 22nd, 2009 at 14:28
nu.nl mentioned the pilot being alive but they took that down minutes later, maybe Dolfijn read that while it was still there? This article describes the passengers trying to free the pilot but they weren’t able to:
http://www.amigoe.com/artman/publish/artikel_64117.php
Not too optimistic, the wiki edit was reverted too.
October 22nd, 2009 at 14:34
Not confirmed that the pilot is alive, audio (dutch): http://filesocial.com/ht7za1
Dolfijnfm wrote this: http://www.dolfijnfm.com/pivot/entry.php?id=16876
October 22nd, 2009 at 15:50
Apparently pilot died. Condolences. Telegraaf; Airlines.net state this.
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.telegraaf.nl%252Fbinnenland%252F5139279%252F__Piloot_komt_om_bij_crash_Bonaire__.html%253Fp%253D3%252C1&h=7f452f96c57a2ecd47ce051d38451ce9&ref=nf
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/4586080/
October 22nd, 2009 at 16:16
I was at the airport and heard Divi Divi staff talking about the accident. The pilot did not make it. This was said by someone who had spoken to him on the morning flight. The plane is 600 m under the surface. Two Dutch marine boats are over the site of the crash. Very sad.
October 22nd, 2009 at 17:02
Thanks for your update Adnan, i added your reply to my post content as a quote.