Sorry-- the date of my observation and the crash was the 30th not the 31st.

MW

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ol I'm not a pilot so my judgement is not expert, but around 6:15 p.m. on
ol Jan. 31 north of Countryside Lake in Mundelein, I saw the lights of a
ol plane headed east which made the plane appear to me to be flying very
ol low. It just didn't seem normal. Only a minute or two before, as I was
ol getting into my car, I was surprised by ice on it, as it was not very
ol cold nor was it raining, but the air was definitely damp.

ol A few hours later, upon hearing the news bulletins on TV of a plane
ol that crashed just before 6:30 p.m. at Palwaukee, I immediately thought
ol of the plane I saw earlier. Might it have been flying over Countryside
ol Lake (about 12 mi. NW of Palwaukee) around that time? Would you fly low
ol if icing was a problem?


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