S7 co-owner killed in aeroplane crash

[reddo]

On Sunday 31st March, the co owner of S7 airlines was killed along with her father and the pilot at Egelsbach EDFE.
The BBC called it a private jet... No...
I have flown her in the past. I found her a lovely and enthusiastic lady. Her friends were just as pleasant. She was so happy to have a female pilot.
Why she was flying privately (as opposed to with an AOC etc) is beyond me.
For those who don't know, Egelsbach is a tiny GA airport just south of Frankfurt am Main. EDDF. The westerly approach isn't too bad but the easterly approach to 08 is a nightmare. Confined airspace, powerlines, short narrow runway all add to a high risk of being unstable/too fast/too high. I've done the sim training, I hated it.

https://news.yahoo.com/german-authoriti ... 51040.html

[Boac]

Tell me more - never heard of S7. Yes, EDFE can be tricky. Are you with NetJets?

[G-CPTN]

Russian S7 Airlines co-owner dies in private plane crash.

[OFSO]

I spent many weekends at Egelsbach drinking beer and watching traffic. Very busy, more movements than FFaM most weeks back in the 1980s. Heavy police chopper presence back then.

[reddo]

S7 was formally known as Siberian Airlines. Not a bad company to fly on. Usual caveats of course. They had really turned it around.
Yes, I'm with NetJets Europe.