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  • Plane that was supposed to carry former president crashes

    11/22/2004 10:33:17 AM PST · by Quilla · 119 replies · 4,290+ views
    ABC13 via Drudge ^ | November 22, 2004 | None cited
    A private plane crashed near Houston's Hobby Airport Monday. And it was a plane that was coming to Houston to transport former President Bush to a conference in Equador. The plane went down Monday morning near Highway 288 and Beltway 8. Former President Bush suspendeded his trip to Ecuador because of the crash. A conference organizer says the plane should have flown the ex-president from Houston. Houston District Fire Chief Jack Williams said that the twin-engine Gulfstream jet arriving from Dallas Love Field apparently clipped a tall light tower at a Beltway 8 toll plaza, shearing off a wing. He...
  • Organizers say jet that crashed was to pick up ex-president

    11/22/2004 10:40:09 AM PST · by Miztiki · 134 replies · 11,188+ views
    Star-Telegram ^ | 11-22-2004 | Associated Press
    QUITO, Ecuador - Former President George Bush has suspended a trip to Ecuador because the jet he was going to board -- crashed today in Houston. A conference organizer confirms Bush has canceled his trip because the plane that should have flown the ex-president from Houston -- went down. Three crewmembers died in the accident during foggy weather. The private jet clipped a light pole and crashed near Hobby Airport. Nobody on board survived. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Roland Herwig says the Gulfstream flight originated at Dallas Love Field. The plane's registered owner is Jet Place of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The...