Pilot charged with Manslaughter

Kingfish wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder wrote:

PILOT CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AFTER FATAL CRASH
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#194044)
A 30-year-old man who was flying a 1972 Bellanca Super Viking when it
crashed into a pond in northeastern Oklahoma on Saturday night,
killing all three passengers, has been charged with three counts of
manslaughter. Thomas Brent Caldwell, 30, of Pryor, Okla., apparently
never had a pilot certificate and was drinking at the time of the
accident, authorities said. Killed in the crash were Mariano Carlos,
15, of Pryor; and Eduardo Robles, 20, and Campos Gonzalez, 33, both
from Mexico. Investigators said it appears the engine was not
producing power when the airplane hit the water, and the passengers
appear to have drowned.


I just saw this on AvWeb and it made me sick. You have to wonder how
can one individual harness enough stupidity to fly a plane without a
license, with passengers, while sh!tfaced. My guess is that OK law
doesn't allow for a murder charge due to the circumstances - I think
it's warranted here. JMHO.


Do you know of any state that had a law that drunk drivers/flyers should
be charged with murder. IMO it should be a capital crime. Just last
Sunday and Fort Worth, TX policeman helping a motorist was killed by a
drunk driver going too fast.

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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI