Truck driver, pilot blamed for fatal crash at Maine airport in 2012

Federal officials conclude their probe of the runway collision that killed three young men.
 Friday-
 The driver of a pickup truck and the pilot of a small plane that collided with the truck as it crossed a runway at the Knox County Regional Airport were both at fault in a crash that killed three young men in 2012, federal investigators concluded in a report released Friday.
The crash at the airport in Owls Head occurred shortly after sunset on Nov. 16, 2012. Stephen Turner, 63, of Camden was driving the truck across the runway and collided with the Cessna 172 single-engine plane as it was about to take off. The collision caused the plane to spin as it took flight, then nosedive about 2,000 feet away into a field next the airport, where it caught fire.
The pilot of the plane, William “B.J.” Hannigan, 24, of South Portland, and his two passengers – David Cheney, 22, of Beverly, Massachusetts, and Marcelo Rugini, 24, a foreign exchange student from Brazil – were killed.
Turner, a contract employee at the airport, told investigators that he radioed that he was crossing the runway and got no response. However, an investigation found that his radio was in the “off” position when it was examined after the crash.
Turner said he did not see the plane approach until it was too late to avoid the collision.
The final probable cause report issued Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that Turner “failed to verify that the runway was not occupied by an airplane before crossing.”
The NTSB also faulted Hannigan, for proceeding with takeoff after the collision.
“Although the airplane was close to or perhaps past liftoff speed, the pilot likely could have stopped the airplane on the remaining 3,600 feet of paved runway following impact with the vehicle,” the report says.
The crash sparked debate among pilots and aviation experts about safety procedures at small airports.
The regional airport in Owls Head has no tower or air traffic controller to tell pilots when to land or take off. Radio communication between people in aircraft and other vehicles is encouraged, but not required. The only real regulation of airport operations is by the pilots and airport employees.
The crash was the 16th at the airport in the last 40 years, and the fourth fatal crash, according to the NTSB.
Hannigan had logged about 17 hours of solo flying and four hours of night flying before the crash, the NTSB said.
He was an engineering graduate student at the University of Maine, a member of the Maine Air National Guard and a Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity brother.
Cheney also was a UMaine student and the president of the fraternity; Rugini was the fraternity’s education officer and a recent graduate.
In September, after almost a year of negotiating, the airport agreed to a nearly $4 million settlement for the victims’ families. The settlement was paid for largely by insurance companies representing Turner and the company he worked for, Penobscot Island Air. The settlement cleared Knox County, which manages the airport, of any liability.
Attempts to contact Hannigan’s family Friday were unsuccessful. Turner also could not be reached.
The crash prompted officials at the airport to make operational changes to improve safety, including requiring all airport vehicles to have beacon lights, recording all radio communications, and installing motion-activated cameras to record landings and departures.

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Power Pole down!!
Early morning on Thursday in Maine while the temperatures were negative and the wind chill was -15. A Power pole in the Stroudwater Neighborhood in Portland had it's Safety Wire snap in the cold. Local residents witnesses power come and go as the wires stretched to the point of breaking the pole in half under the weight of the wires above. Power was only out for a few hours thought a crew still has to install a new pole. The pole that broke is directly across from Stroudwater Falls, Portlands Most Historic Falls.

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Luck a car wasn't passing by

BATH, Maine —Police in Bath are investigating the attempted abduction of a 12-year-old boy.

Police said the boy told them that at about 3 p.m. Wednesday a man in a minivan approached him near the 500 block of Middle Street.

The boy said the man reached out of the minivan, grabbed him and tried to pull him into the minivan.

Police said the boy fought back and was able to free himself from the man's grasp.

Police said the boy ran back to his home.

According to investigators, the boy described the man as about 40 years old, bald, 5 feet 9 inches tall with a long beard. He was wearing ripped jeans and a gray shirt.

Police said the minivan was grayish green and had a small antenna on the roof.

The make and model of the minivan are unknown, but the boy said it was a newer model minivan.

Ed Doyle, a neighbor who lives in the area, said he is concerned because his seven year old grandson gets off the bus in the same area.

Doyle said he and his grandson's father always wait for the child at the bus stop, but the whole neighborhood is keeping an eye out for the man.

UPDATE: Boy cry's wolf

Bath police say attempted abduction a hoax     

Boy admitted making story up to police

BATH, Maine —Bath police say a 12-year-old boy made up a story about a man trying to abduct him on Wednesday

Police initially said the boy told them a man in a minivan approached him on Middle Street, grabbed his arm and tried to pull him into the minivan.

Thursday afternoon, police said the report was a hoax.

Police said after conducting an extensive investigation and talking to the 12-year-old, the boy admitted the story was made up.

Police said at this point the boy has not been charged with a crime, but investigators continue to talk with him and his family.

Note to Family's
I think we should all pay attention to our kids on how there treating others, for there's a reason why kids bring guns to school, reasons for crying wolf, reasons for all of it, don't let your kid be a bully