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In the article, it is stated that this was the only Sabena crash ever, which does not correspond well with this article: Sabena_OO-AUB_Ostende_crash -- Turbothy 13:57, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
It also states that it was the first 707 to crash... according to the link given at the bottom of the article, it was the 4th... so who do I trust, Wikipedia or the references?
I've added the crash box that should be on every accident page, and also removed the phrase that it was notable *because* the US figure skating team was on board. All crashes where 73 people die are inherently notable, even if there weren't any Americans or athletes on board at all.
I'm also not sure why 90% of the information is about the American figure skating team and not the accident itself. Edited to add: I'm not even sure why this should be a "figure skating" page at all. It's an article about a plane crash. Perhaps there should be a separate page about the 1961 American figure skating team, and this article should deal with the accident only? -- Charlene 08:54, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Sorry to belabour this article, but I noticed a minor error that I've corrected. It said that the FAA investigated the accident. This is problematic because a) the FAA didn't exist in 1961, so the info is wrong, b) the FAA doesn't investigate plane crashes these days (the NTSB, which does, is independent of the FAA), c) the Department of Transport has no file in their historical collections online for this accident, which makes me think that the CAB (the NTSB's predecessor) didn't investigate this, and d) Belgium had an air investigations branch at the time, and the aircraft was Belgian. I'm guessing the Belgians did the investigation, but perhaps the CAB assisted since this was the first commercial accident of an American-built aircraft model.
If we had access to the actual Aircraft Accident Report, this would clear things up immensely. -- Charlene 09:10, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
The Manual of Style indicates that we should avoid links within the bolded subject text in the first sentence (i.e., Sabena Flight 548 instead of Sabena Flight 548). I tried to revise the lead to remove that link and incorporate it elsewhere but haven't found anything that feels natural. Any thoughts? Powers T 14:03, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
I can recall one specific post-1961 incident where the entire US Figure Skating Team did fly together on the same plane as a group. Immediately following the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships in Edmonton, there was a USFSA-sponsored pro-am competition at Matthews Arena in Boston. All of the U.S. athletes reportedly flew from Edmonton to Boston on the same flight. See, for instance, [4]. Dr.frog 12:11, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
I have an idea I wish to propose. Since one of the skaters, Dudley Richards, was a friend of both John F. Kennedy and his brother Ted Kennedy, I was thinking of placing this article in the 'Kennedy Family' category or at least in the categories established for both Kennedy brothers. Would this be appropriate? Or does anyone else have other suggestions?
And003 ( talk) 01:28, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Normal practice on accident articles is only to list passengers who were notable and sadly this aircraft has a few, but those without a linked wikipedia article should really be removed and the totals summarised in a table. Not sure that the skaters needs to be grouped by discipline. MilborneOne ( talk) 12:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
it was forced to cancel its final approach to the Brussels airport, as a small plane had not yet cleared the runway.
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In the article, it is stated that this was the only Sabena crash ever, which does not correspond well with this article: Sabena_OO-AUB_Ostende_crash -- Turbothy 13:57, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
It also states that it was the first 707 to crash... according to the link given at the bottom of the article, it was the 4th... so who do I trust, Wikipedia or the references?
I've added the crash box that should be on every accident page, and also removed the phrase that it was notable *because* the US figure skating team was on board. All crashes where 73 people die are inherently notable, even if there weren't any Americans or athletes on board at all.
I'm also not sure why 90% of the information is about the American figure skating team and not the accident itself. Edited to add: I'm not even sure why this should be a "figure skating" page at all. It's an article about a plane crash. Perhaps there should be a separate page about the 1961 American figure skating team, and this article should deal with the accident only? -- Charlene 08:54, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Sorry to belabour this article, but I noticed a minor error that I've corrected. It said that the FAA investigated the accident. This is problematic because a) the FAA didn't exist in 1961, so the info is wrong, b) the FAA doesn't investigate plane crashes these days (the NTSB, which does, is independent of the FAA), c) the Department of Transport has no file in their historical collections online for this accident, which makes me think that the CAB (the NTSB's predecessor) didn't investigate this, and d) Belgium had an air investigations branch at the time, and the aircraft was Belgian. I'm guessing the Belgians did the investigation, but perhaps the CAB assisted since this was the first commercial accident of an American-built aircraft model.
If we had access to the actual Aircraft Accident Report, this would clear things up immensely. -- Charlene 09:10, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
The Manual of Style indicates that we should avoid links within the bolded subject text in the first sentence (i.e., Sabena Flight 548 instead of Sabena Flight 548). I tried to revise the lead to remove that link and incorporate it elsewhere but haven't found anything that feels natural. Any thoughts? Powers T 14:03, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
I can recall one specific post-1961 incident where the entire US Figure Skating Team did fly together on the same plane as a group. Immediately following the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships in Edmonton, there was a USFSA-sponsored pro-am competition at Matthews Arena in Boston. All of the U.S. athletes reportedly flew from Edmonton to Boston on the same flight. See, for instance, [4]. Dr.frog 12:11, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
I have an idea I wish to propose. Since one of the skaters, Dudley Richards, was a friend of both John F. Kennedy and his brother Ted Kennedy, I was thinking of placing this article in the 'Kennedy Family' category or at least in the categories established for both Kennedy brothers. Would this be appropriate? Or does anyone else have other suggestions?
And003 ( talk) 01:28, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Normal practice on accident articles is only to list passengers who were notable and sadly this aircraft has a few, but those without a linked wikipedia article should really be removed and the totals summarised in a table. Not sure that the skaters needs to be grouped by discipline. MilborneOne ( talk) 12:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
it was forced to cancel its final approach to the Brussels airport, as a small plane had not yet cleared the runway.
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