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Stewart's twin-engine Learjet 35 left Orlando International Airport promptly at 9:19 a.m. and 25 minutes later radioed that it had leveled off at 39,000 ft. Shortly afterward, though, air-traffic controllers noticed that the plane had climbed well above its assigned altitude. Controllers repeatedly tried to contact the pilots for an explanation but got no reply. At that point, the Federal Aviation Administration enlisted the help of the Air Force. Several F-16s were dispatched to check on the errant jet. It also missed the left turn it was scheduled to make toward Texas, and instead...
...mystery of Payne Stewart's last flight may sound like "X-Files" material, but investigators believe a simple case of depressurization may have killed the star golfer and his five fellow travelers. The miracle is that the only victims in Monday?s tragedy were the six people aboard the Learjet that was carrying Stewart to a Texas tournament. "Once its crew were incapacitated, that plane was like an artillery shell crossing at least a dozen busy air routes at 400 or 500 miles an hour from Florida to the Dakotas," says TIME aviation correspondent Jerry Hannifin. "It was an extremely...
...traffic controllers after 9.45 a.m. That prompted them to call the Air Force, which routinely tracks out-of-control aircraft. Although such planes can be shot down if they present a threat to public safety, that option was never considered in the case of Stewart's plane. Though the Learjet is equipped with masks and other depressurization emergency equipment similar to that of an airliner, some experts believe that insidious - rather than sudden - depressurization can confuse and disorient a pilot to the point that he or she would be unable to react. Others insist that the warning systems would have...
...ownership market--down from 100%. Its success has lured a couple of jetmakers into the game, including Raytheon, which sells Beech and Hawker jets. Bombardier, a leading competitor, is adding fractional owners at a rate of more than 100 a year; it has more than 350 clients using 65 Learjet and Challenger aircraft. A booming economy continues to enlarge the ranks of fractional flyers. Over the past 3 1/2 years, Executive Jet has ordered 590 aircraft, paying $9.75 billion and expanding into Europe and Asia...
...queasy, MedJet Assistance may be just the cure. In the unlikely event you're involved in a serious accident while traveling either at home or abroad, this newfangled Birmingham, Ala., "membership program" ($150 to $225 a year) will fly you to any hospital anywhere in a fully medically equipped LearJet. Just don't make a habit of it; the policy allows a maximum of two of these luxury flights per customer...