Michael Duncan
NASA Statement from Michael Obrien, Office of International and Interagency Relations Associate Administrator:
“The NASA community was saddened by the news of Dr. Michael Duncan’s untimely and tragic death. Mike provided invaluable support in the space medicine field for NASA’s space shuttle and International Space Station astronauts. He was one of the lead flight surgeons who supported the first landing by American astronauts in a Soyuz vehicle in Kazakhstan for Expedition 6 in May 2003. As the lead for the NASA team that provided assistance to the Chilean government’s rescue of 33 trapped miners in a copper and gold mine near Copiapo, Chile, in 2010, Dr. Duncan exemplified NASA’s commitment to bring spaceflight experience back down to the ground and utilize it for people here on Earth. Our condolences go out to his family at this difficult time.”
Keith’s note: Visitation will be held on Friday from 5 to 8 pm at the Gawler Funeral Home, 5130 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, Md. 202 966-6400. Services will be held at Gawler Funeral Home at 11 am on Saturday.
Two Dead In Fauquier County Plane Collision, Manassas Patch
Mike was one of the good ones. He’ll be missed.
Duncan was piloting a Bonanza when it was destroyed in a midair collision with a Cherokee flown by FAA accident investigator Thomas Proven. He was a good guy. He will be missed. Fly carefully. It’s a crowded sky.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board’s medical
adviser, James Michael Duncan, 60, died along with another
person in the plane when it plunged to the ground and caught
fire, Jon Lee, an investigator with the Transportation Safety
Board of Canada, said in a phone interview.
Lee was called in to oversee the investigation to avoid a
conflict of interest, according to an e-mailed statement from
the NTSB. The other plane was owned by Thomas Proven, an
accident investigator for the U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration, the FAA said in an e-mailed statement.