Wellstone Crash Likely Caused by Slow Speed
The plane that crashed, killing Sen. Paul Wellstone, may have been flying too slow to stay aloft as it prepared to land, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
The Beechcraft King Air A100 carrying Wellstone and seven others was traveling as slow as 85 knots, a bit less than 100 mph, as it approached a small airport Oct. 25 in northern Minnesota, according to a National Transportation Safety Board study.
Quoting several pilots and air safety investigators, the paper said the aircraft should have been traveling at least 140 mph.
An official ruling on the cause of the crash is still months away.
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