Plane bound for Tahiti crashes into the Pacific

[RB TexLa]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) A French Polynesian official says a plane carrying 20 people crashed into the sea after taking off from the island of Moorea for Tahiti.

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. Well, they won't find it there, will they?

(sorry, tragedy brings out humor and the title is so wrong a high school student wouldn't make that mistake)

[RB TexLa]

2. There I fixed it. Glad it helped you laugh at dead people.

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. Well, it's called gallows humor, and I wasn't laughing at the dead people

I was laughing at the title of the thread which indicated that the people were flying into the ocean on their way to Tahiti.

[KamaAina]

3. This would basically be an interisland flight

Moorea is also in French Polynesia, so close to Tahiti that there are also ferries between the two. Auwe!

[SoCalDem]

5. We loved the ferry ride between Moorea & Papeete..

whales & dolphins all over the place

[TahitiNut]

6. I've been on that flight (Air Moorea)... several times ... yikes!

It's the usual way to connect through Faaa (the international airport serving Papeete on the island of Tahiti) to the resorts on Moorea ... essentially a commuter flight. (It's only about 10 miles between islands.)



14 bodies rcovered ... no survivors yet.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/tahiti.... /