[quote=http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/12/us/kansas-plane-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t3](CNN) -- A recent Oral Roberts University graduate was the only one of five people en route to a Christian youth conference to survive a plane crash in southeastern Kansas, officials said Saturday.
The twin-engine Cessna 401 went down Friday afternoon about nine miles west of Chanute, the Kansas Highway Patrol said on their website. The small aircraft landed in a field and skidded about 200 feet before hitting a treeline.
A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board on Saturday said the pilot had been in contact with air traffic controllers, but there was no distress call.
"There was an altitude change and that was the last transmission," said spokesman Peter Knudson.
The aircraft caught fire after the crash.
Texas-based Teen Mania Ministries said the eight-seat plane, manufactured in 1991, was headed for the Acquire the Fire conference in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
It had taken off from an airport near Tulsa, Oklahoma, said Elizabeth Cory, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman. Oral Roberts University is based in Tulsa.
Killed were the pilot Luke F. Sheets, 23, of Ephraim, Wisconsin; Austin G. Anderson, 27; Stephen J. Luth, 22, of Muscatine, Iowa. All three were recent Oral Roberts graduates. Garrett V. Coble, 29, of Tulsa, a former instructor in the College of Business and a participant in mission trips, was also killed.
Anderson, of Ringwood, Oklahoma, survived the crash, but died of his injuries early Saturday. He had served two tours of duty with the U.S. Marine Corps in Iraq.
Hannah Luce, 22, daughter of Oral Roberts trustee and Teen Mania founder Ron Luce, was hospitalized in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Garden Valley, Texas, resident was in serious but stable condition, with burns on 28% of her body, according to Teen Mania.
"Please pray for all of the families that lost loved ones and for Hannah in the hospital. Pray for God's peace to be with all of them and pray for Hannah's healing," Oral Roberts President Mark Rutland said on the university's Facebook page.
Anderson and Luth recently had been hired onto the marketing staff of Teen Mania Ministries, a youth ministry organization.
"We are so saddened by what has happened and ask for all those who have been touched by this ministry in some way to rally around the families of all involved in the crash, especially the four young men who passed away. Please lift them up in prayer, and ask for the Holy Spirit to surround them with God's love and peace," Ron Luce said in a statement. "They all had a heart for this generation, and were passionately pursuing God's call on their lives."
Investigators have not yet identified any witnesses, Knudson told CNN. He did not have information on weather conditions at the time of the incident.[/quote]
Jesus Christ why. This is terrible.
sounds like a tragedy
Oh God no. That's horrible.
Edit:
Why am I being rated dumb for expressing displeasure at people dieing? Is it supposed to be funny or something?
damn
It's just God's will.
Chanute? That's about two hours from where I live.
That really sucks.
Plane crashes scare me :c
[QUOTE=Crash15;35935253]Plane crashes scare me :c[/QUOTE]
Statistically it's safer flying on a plane than it is driving on the road, or being on a train.
Let's not turn this into a religion debate.
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;35935160]It's just God's will.[/QUOTE]
How is this dumb? Is this not what religious people believe?
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;35935160]It's just God's will.[/QUOTE]
That's pretty messed up that'd you'd say something like that.
Kinda sad how calloused you must be.
Muhhamed damnit.
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;35935160]It's just God's will.[/QUOTE]
That was fast.
[QUOTE=TJCTakSUn;35935308]That's pretty messed up that'd you'd say something like that.
Kinda sad how calloused you must be.[/QUOTE]
But that IS what they believe.
Anyway, this is tragic and the people who're rating it funny are horrible people.
Jesus saves.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;35935328]Jesus saves.[/QUOTE]
A more terrible pun would be to say, "Jesus take the wheel."
Stop ruining the thread.
[B][U][I]Fucking stop it[/I][/U][/B]
[QUOTE=Mr. Smartass;35935317]But that IS what they believe.
Anyway, this is tragic and the people who're rating it funny are horrible people.[/QUOTE]
Cool, I don't care what they believe. People dying is sad, not fucking funny. Really though- I get how most of this forum hates christians for whatever personal/religious/idealogical reason, but the fact that people are making jokes about people who just died? You're as bad in my book as the westboro baptist church.
[QUOTE=Snake7;35935299]Let's not turn this into a religion debate.[/QUOTE]
Too late.
[QUOTE=TJCTakSUn;35935344]Cool, I don't care what they believe. People dying is sad, not fucking funny. Really though- I get how most of this forum hates christians for whatever personal/religious/idealogical reason, but the fact that people are making jokes about people who just died? You're as bad in my book as the westboro baptist church.[/QUOTE]
It's not a joke, he's making a valid point. Comparing him to a group of bigoted homophobes is not the same as pointing out a core principle of religion.
Stop getting butthurt over nothing. Who gives a fuck
[QUOTE=Foda;35935490]It's not a joke, he's making a valid point. Comparing him to a group of bigoted homophobes is not the same as pointing out a core principle of religion.
Stop getting butthurt over nothing. Who gives a fuck[/QUOTE]
Hey asshole, maybe he's more concerned over the fact people are mocking peoples death, as oppossed to being more concerned with the beliefs of the dead.
But hey fuck him right cause lol burning christians.
If it hadn't mentioned that they were going to a Christian conference, everybody would be sympathetic for the deceased and their families.
Instead people are chuckling to themselves going "lol nothing of value lost hurrr"
[QUOTE=Foda;35935490]It's not a joke, he's making a valid point. Comparing him to a group of bigoted homophobes is not the same as pointing out a core principle of religion.
Stop getting butthurt over nothing. Who gives a fuck[/QUOTE]
It's like going to Michael Jackson's funeral and bringing up that he is an accused child molester. It's inappropriate and out of place.
This thread is about the death of a group of people on a plane crash, not the fact that they were Christian. Save your bullshit for a religious debate thread.
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;35935160]It's just God's will.[/QUOTE]
Indeed,Jesus had a plan for them all along.
Shut up about the religion part.
Some people just died in a plane crash.
[QUOTE=TJCTakSUn;35935308]That's pretty messed up that'd you'd say something like that.
Kinda sad how calloused you must be.[/QUOTE]
It's easy to be calloused if you look at the world straight on. Is seeing a terrible thing?
Not all religious people believe that God has planned everybody's lives. You are dumb for thinking so.
They were all so young:(
And one of the guys survived two Iraq services but died in Kansas, terrible.
[QUOTE=TJCTakSUn;35935344]Cool, I don't care what they believe. People dying is sad, not fucking funny. Really though- I get how most of this forum hates christians for whatever personal/religious/idealogical reason, but the fact that people are making jokes about people who just died? You're as bad in my book as the westboro baptist church.[/QUOTE]
You misunderstood my comment. I was saying that the people DO believe that it's gods will, but it's still tragic and the people who are making fun of it should probably cull themselves.
Damn, all these people. My condolences to the families of the lost ones.
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