Six dead as plane delivering transplant organs crashes

US News

Jun 5, 2007, 17:47 GMT

Washington - Six people died when a small plane that was delivering human organs for an ill patient crashed in Lake Michigan, authorities said Tuesday. Four doctors and the plane's two pilots died and rescuers had given up hope of finding survivors, Milwaukee, Wisconsin fire department spokesman Lawrence Jenkins said. The Cessna crashed Monday afternoon as the team left for a trip across the lake to deliver organs to a clinic at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Minutes into the 40-minute flight, the plane sent a distress signal. The cause of the crash was unknown, but it was raining lightly at the time of the accident. The patient, who was to receive the transplant, was in critical condition, but privacy concerns kept doctors from revealing what sort of transplant was needed. The water in Lake Michigan had a temperature of 14 degrees Celsius and those on board would not have been able to survive 15 hours in water of that temperature. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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carl2Jun 5th, 2007 - 19:37:28

fall down go splat

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jeviloJun 5th, 2007 - 19:57:03

Thats kind of ironic

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TalynJun 5th, 2007 - 20:01:53

Carl2: your comment is incredibly insensitive and inappropriate. Those people were human beings on their way to help save someone's life, and deserve a lot more compassion than a childish comment like that. A horrible tragedy like this should be treated with respect and dignity, something you apparently lack.

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carl2Jun 5th, 2007 - 22:43:45

humans don't mean a thing..ask geo. bush

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to taylonJun 5th, 2007 - 22:44:43

oh boo hoo like anyone cares

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billJun 5th, 2007 - 22:59:33

they were acctualy transporting illeagl drugs to sell to kids

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