Talk:PSA Flight 182

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Contents 1 David ? Boswell 2 Dissenting NTSB opinion 3 'within the hour' 4 Video?

[edit] David ? Boswell

I changed the name of one of the Cessna pilots from "David T Boswell" to "David Boswell". The only source I can find that say the middile initial was T is this wikipedia article. Multiple independent sources found with google say his name was "David Lee Boswell". For now took the middle ground and eliminated the middle name altogether, but I'm leaning towards using "Lee'. - Itsfullofstars 02:13, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I think you've done the right thing aleady, mate. Macarthur Job just uses 'David Boswell'. No need to take a chance on the 'Lee', methinks. BTW, reckon your other recent edits have definitely improved the article. Cheers, Ian Rose 13:46, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind words. It's interesting that the official NTSB report states his name was, in fact, David T Boswell after all (I just found it in the report a minute ago). I wonder why so many other sources use David Lee Boswell instead? In any case, I agree that it's probably best to leave the middle name out. I guess an online social security death record search would clear it up, though... Or does that constitute 'original research'?? Itsfullofstars 00:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

For what it's worth, the Social Security death record (easily found online) doesn't list any middle name or initial for David Boswell. - Itsfullofstars 06:33, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dissenting NTSB opinion

I think an interesting section of the official NTSB report where a member strongly dissented with the majority findings deserved some mention, so I tried to summarize it in the main article. By all means feel free to edit that new paragraph I added if anyone feels my summary isn't quite right. Itsfullofstars 00:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Looks pretty good to me - definitely worth adding. Cheers, Ian Rose 08:57, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'within the hour'

Each time I read the assertion in the article that the names of the deceased PSA employees aboard the plane were broadcast on TV within the hour of the crash, I have to wonder about that. Wouldn't the normal custom be that there would be a waiting period while the next of kin were being notified, or was that etiquette broached in this particular case? There were 38 PSA employees on board. I doubt the next of kin of that many people could have been notified so quickly, unless TV reported just the names of the PSA flight crew, which would still make the article's sentence misleading and in need of a re-write. I added a Citation Needed flag to the sentence in question. Itsfullofstars 05:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Tend to agree - if it can't be clarified/cited in the next week or so I'd say ditch it completely. Cheers, Ian Rose 08:57, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

It turns out that the statement was added by an anonymous user ( Special:Contributions/70.59.192.134 on 9 July 2006, and another comment added at the same time wasn't very encyclopedic. I looked for any verification of the 'within the hour' statement, and was unable to find any so I've removed it. Itsfullofstars 03:18, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Video?

I used to live in Northpark and was still in the San Diego area when this crash happened. At the time, I recall there was a brief video clip of Flight 182 going down (in fact, one of the more common photos you see from the crash looks like it might have been a still from that brief video clip). At one point a couple of years ago, I thought I stumbled across a site that had a link to that video clip, but when I clicked on it, it looked like the link no longer worked. Now I can't even seem to find the page that had that link. Does anyone else remember the actual video or know if that clip is online? JSDA (talk) 05:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)