CRASH OF FLIGHT 427: THE CRASH SITE; 'A Horrifying Scene of Destruction' Leaves Emergency Crews Shaken. The workers sent by Wayne Tatalovich, the Beaver County coroner, pulled rubber protective boots, like those gardeners wear, over their black coveralls this afternoon before they went into the steep, dense patch of woods where the plane went down. … As a result of the severity of the crash impact, the bodies of the passengers and crew were severely fragmented, leading investigators to declare the site a bio-hazard, requiring 2,000 body bags for the 6,000 recovered human remains. Desktop notifications are on   | Turn off, Get breaking news alerts from The Washington Post. "Upholstery, clothes, pieces of bodies, luggage," said James Albert, the head of the Beaver County Board of Commissioners. US Airways 427 is no longer a valid flight number on US Airways as of September 2009. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. It crashed in Beaver County 25 years ago this week. It's just indescribable. Ages and hometowns are provided when known. Federal investigators sift through the No. When they began to gather up the 132 bodies from USAir Flight 427 today, officials realized there were so many pieces that the grisly task would take days, perhaps weeks. USAir Flight 427, a Boeing 737-300, crashed following a loss of control during the approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, Pennsylvania, USA. AT 6.57 pm on 8 September 1994, the pilot and co-pilot of USAir flight 427 were swapping recipes for fruit drinks with one of the flight attendants. Massachusetts: Patricia Offley, 46, New Bedford. Dickerson, Marla Renee, 25, NIU law student, De Kalb. A list of people aboard USAir Flight 427, compiled from USAir, employers, relatives and news organizations. Robert P. Casey of Pennsylvania flew over the area by helicopter, viewing what he later described as "a horrifying scene of destruction.". Flight 427 was the second fatal crash in a little over two months at the company (the other being USAir Flight 1016 at Charlotte-Douglas Airport in July, 1994). Dr. Michael Zernich was just leaving the Aliquippa hospital when he heard the first reports of the crash on his car radio and sped to the area. Following are the names of people who were aboard USAir Flight 427, compiled from USAir, employers, relatives and news organizations. Virginia: John T. Dickens III, 47, Crozet; David Lamanca, 27, Roanoke; John Spahr, 49, Appomattox; Richard Talbot, 61, Blacksburg; Dewitt Worrell, Lexington; Steve W. Wyant, 38, Charlottesville. The following people were reported to have died on Flight 427. Ohio: Todd Johnson, Alliance; Rick Schell, Brunswick. ; Flight Attendant Stanley R. Canty, 29, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Flight Attendant April Lynn Slater, 28, Irving, Tex. Workers continued the grim task of recovering dismembered bodies from the wreckage of USAir Flight 427 on Saturday as attention focused on the possibility that … New York: Laurie Baer, 32, Ashville; Mary Havlin, New York; Debra Norden, New York; David Wheeler, South Salem. Lew Napolitan and two of his fellow workers at the Unis Oldsmobile-Pontiac dealership in the shopping center were among those who rushed to try to help Thursday night when they saw the plane crash on the hill nearby. as a USAir jet spun out of control and dove about a mile nose first to the ground, killing all 132 people aboard. USAir Flight 427 was a scheduled flight from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport, with a final destination of West Palm Beach, Florida.On Thursday, September 8, 1994, the Boeing 737 flying this route crashed while approaching runway 28R of Pittsburgh International Airport, located in Findlay Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, which at the … The pieces -- the pieces were unidentifiable. "It was a gruesome sight, just gruesome," said Freddy David, the Hopewell Township Police Chief, his eyes red-rimmed with fatigue. We'll need an administrator for parts of that. Salvation Army trucks dispensed coffee and doughnuts. Crowded Command Post. Ardhaldjian, Narod, Chicago. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. See also the section #Merge proposal above. Ardhaldjian, Ani, Chicago. Pennsylvania: William Aher, Pittsburgh; Thomas Arrigoni, McMurray; Marshall Berkman, Pittsburgh; Harry Bernard, Pittsburgh; Scott Blake, McMurray; Ron Brown, Trafford; Ronald Cale, Allison Park; Daniel A. Clark, 61, Hollidaysburg; Guy Clegg, 44, Masontown; Lawrence Cole, Amity; John Cooper, Pittsburgh; Michael Cosseboom, Wexford; Timothy Davis, Zelienople; Randall Dellefield, 37, Smithfield; Karen Dickson, Glenwillard; James Eller, New Kensington; Dwight Evans, Tunkhannock; Robert Evans, Venetia; Michael Felger, McKees Rocks; Lisa Ferm, Pittsburgh; Charles Fiantaca, Picture Rocks; Kevin C. Flaherty, 35, Cranberry; Richard Garmhausen, Pittsburgh; Jeffrey Gingerrich, Pittsburgh; Leonard Grasso, 41, Monroeville; Gary Hapach, New Brighton; Charles Hardobey, Pittsburgh; Steve Heintz, Mars; Joy Henderson, Pittsburgh; Melvin Henry, 36, Dubois; Scott Holden, 55, Pittsburgh; Will Kabbert, Pittsburgh; Daniel Kafcas, Shavertown; Thomas Kinsey, N. Huntington; Bernard Koch, Pittsburgh; Carolyn Kwasnoski, Bethlehem; Daniel Kwasnoski, Bethlehem; Robert Leonhardt, New Castle; Gerald R. Lindstrom, 60, Fox Chapel; David Ling, Pittsburgh; Kirk D. Lynn, 26, Greensburg; Bruce Malenke, 46, Uniontown; Robert Marciniak, State College; Timothy McCoy, 27, Orbisonia; Tim McIlvried, Library; Charles McNamara, Sewickley; Paul McSherry, Pittsburgh; William I. Menarcheck Jr., 43, Hopwood; David Milrilovich, 38, Windber; David Musick, Upper St. Clair; Brian Nugent, Bradford; Brian Nichols, Nanticoke; Jeff O'Keefe, Downingtown; Williams Peters, Canonsburg; Jose Ponce, McCandless Township; Sam Ramasamy, Pittsburgh; Eugene Raykin, Monroeville; Kevin Rimmell, Carnegie; Edward Ryan, Cheswick; Frank A. Santamaria, 37, Pittsburgh; Alan Sefcik, 43, North Franklin Township; Richard Shillinger, Pittsburgh; Stephen Shortley, Pittsburgh; Ernest Smathers, Wattsburg; Andrew Solensky, 45, Johnstown; Janet S. Stamos, 40, Munhall; Thomas Szczur, 42, Johnstown; Jocelyn P. Taylor, 35, Pittsburgh; Bernie Varisco, Tarentum; Bernard Waters, Pittsburgh; Earl Weaver III, 50, Upper St. Clair; Kathleen Weaver, Upper St. Clair; Bryan Weaver, 16, Upper St. Clair; Lindsey Weaver, 11, Upper St. Clair; Scott Weaver, 7, Upper St. Clair; Lee Weaver, Pittsburgh (no relation to Upper St. Clair family); Donna White, 33, Pittsburgh; Edwin Wiles, 50, Pittsburgh; Curt Young, Pittsburgh; Michele Ziska, Bridgeville. ; Flight Attendant Sarah Elizabeth Slocum-Hamley, 28, Chesapeake, Va. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. All 132 on board were killed. That's because the flight number, 427, matched the number of an ill-fated USAir plane that crashed Sept. 8 near Pittsburgh, killing all 132 aboard. I would never have known it was an airplane."