Former MLB pitcher Roy Halladay's plane has crashed off Florida

[weazel]

Not yet known but is believed that he was flying the plane.

Pretty shitty. Doc was an awesome pitcher and seemed like good guy. I remember him taking out full page ad's in all the Toronto papers when he was moved.


http://www.wtsp.com/news/plane-registered-to-former-mlb-pitcher-roy-halladay-crashes-in-gulf-of-mexico/489944976

UPDATE: Confirmed, Roy Halladay was the pilot.

[Buff]

Oh man - he's a Denver native. Great pitcher and good dude.

[weazel]

Oh man - he's a Denver native. Great pitcher and good dude.

definitely

[VonDoom]

Confirmed it was him. Damnit. :(


Two-time Cy Young winner Roy Halladay died when his single-engine plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, according to the Pasco Sheriff in Florida.

The plane was registered to Halladay's father crashed and plunged into water that was six feet deep, according to police. Halladay was the lone passenger.

The Pasco Sheriff's Office Marine Unit responded to a call at noon ET that a single-engine, light-sport category aircraft matching Halladay's tail numbers was "upside down in shallow water" and that recovery efforts were ongoing.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/11/07/roy-halladay-plane-crash/841101001/

[NightTrainLayne]

He's apparently been in some kind of marketing partnership with this particular airplane manufacturer.

Bad news all around on that deal.

[BroncoJoe]

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[chazoe60]

That sucks. Been a shit year to be an MLB pitcher. Roy was one of my all time favorites because of his Colorado ties.

[MOtorboat]

Sad to see this. He was a great pitcher. When he had the sinker going, it was unhittable.

[BeefStew25]

Plane looks very unstable.

[weazel]

Plane looks very unstable.

apparently he was the first person to be flying a new "founders" model

[Buff]

Plane looks very unstable.

Was reading up on a previous crash with their head engineer - definitely wouldn't have much confidence in the safety of this thing now.

[BeefStew25]

I guess he was flying low also. Low hour pilot flying low in a new type of airplane isn't a good thing. The concept of the plane is awesome. But a twin otter would be soooo much better.

[Hawgdriver]

I guess he was flying low also. Low hour pilot flying low in a new type of airplane isn't a good thing. The concept of the plane is awesome. But a twin otter would be soooo much better.

<3 <3

[NightTrainLayne]

But maybe the plane isn't as much at fault as the pilot. Ugh.


http://www.tmz.com/2017/11/08/roy-halladay-plane-crash-video-witnesses-showboating/

[BeefStew25]

But maybe the plane isn't as much at fault as the pilot. Ugh.


http://www.tmz.com/2017/11/08/roy-halladay-plane-crash-video-witnesses-showboating/

Total pilot error. But I think some other types would help a dumbass pilot better.

[weazel]

he may have been doing that but the video doesn't show him "going from 100 feet in the air down to 5 feet and then back up again ... repeatedly". It shows him going down once and then the video ends presumably right before the crash. If the video showed him doing the up and down thing repeatedly fine, but it doesn't. Thats like saying the driver killed in a car was repeatdly driving into a wall and then backing up again while showing a video of a dude smashing into a wall.



TMZ Sports has obtained footage shot by boaters who say the ex-MLB star's plane was going from 100 feet in the air down to 5 feet and then back up again ... repeatedly

[BeefStew25]

he may have been doing that but the video doesn't show him "going from 100 feet in the air down to 5 feet and then back up again ... repeatedly". It shows him going down once and then the video ends presumably right before the crash. If the video showed him doing the up and down thing repeatedly fine, but it doesn't. Thats like saying the driver killed in a car was repeatdly driving into a wall and then backing up again while showing a video of a dude smashing into a wall.

Nice fake news NTL.

[NightTrainLayne]

Well, I think the boaters said that's what he was doing, and then started taking video. Are you guys seriously impugning TMZ's journalistic credentials?

[BeefStew25]

Well, I think the boaters said that's what he was doing, and then started taking video. Are you guys seriously impugning TMZ's journalistic credentials?

I kinda wish they jumped in the water to pull him out in the event he was still alive.

[weazel]

I kinda wish they jumped in the water to pull him out in the event he was still alive.

not happening anymore, everyone's first thought is to grab the camera. This summer I was driving and seen an old persons assisted living building on fire and a bunch of people standing out front with their phones pointed at it, I asked if any of them phoned 911 and they just looked at me blankly. I just shook my head, phoned 911 and ran in the building and helped them get people out.

[NightTrainLayne]

I kinda wish they jumped in the water to pull him out in the event he was still alive.

That would have ruined their camera/phone!

[Hawgdriver]

not happening anymore, everyone's first thought is to grab the camera. This summer I was driving and seen an old persons assisted living building on fire and a bunch of people standing out front with their phones pointed at it, I asked if any of them phoned 911 and they just looked at me blankly. I just shook my head, phoned 911 and ran in the building and helped them get people out.

I have noticed this as well and it's a bit disconcerting.

[BeefStew25]

If the dude died of drowning, those guys are ass holes. And that water was shallow.

[slim]

I would say they are ******** regardless.

[tripp]

As a Torontonian, I can tell you the entire city is heart broken right now. Every news outlet in the city has Roy as front page news. Toronto only has a handful of players that we consider to be apart of the Mt. Rushmore of athletes here, and Roy Halladay leads the way. Although he was born and raised in Colorado, he's always felt like one of ours to us. This hurts big time for Toronto, along with every Major League Baseball fan.

[weazel]

Investigators concluded that Halladay was "showboating". Was flying 11 feet off the water at over 100 mph, someone in the know tell me if that showboating? Sounds dangerous for a fairly new pilot I would think

[BeefStew25]

Blunt force trauma.