Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Here's Your Happy News of the Week: Italy's Skeletons Come to VAQ-140

Everyone remember this?

NY Times Headline, February 4th, 1998:
20 Die in Italy As U.S. Jet Cuts A Ski Lift Cable
See the article here:
The very same jet that cut a gondola cable in Cavalese, Italy, sending 20 people to their messy deaths, is now assigned to VAQ-140. Our sincere hope is that Michael is not part of any further incidents with the cursed Prowler. Wish him luck.

You can see the entire series of stories, including the court martial of the pilot and his navigator; as well as the relieving of their Commanding Officer when he ordered evidence of the incident destroyed, here:

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/skiing/index.html?offset=0&s=newest&query=CAVALESE+%28ITALY%29&field=geo&match=exact