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c0ldfusion
United States8293 Posts
On July 07 2013 04:48 iMrising wrote: Oh my gosh i got landed at SFO literally 14 hours ago from Istanbul. That could have been me No, it couldn't have been you. It's not the fault of the airport. It was the airplane. | ||
BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On July 07 2013 05:00 c0ldfusion wrote: No, it couldn't have you. It's not the fault of the airport. It was the airplane. Yeah I didn't want to say anything. Glad to hear that the passengers are mostly fine. Got a bit worried by I heard about a commercial airplane crash x_x On July 07 2013 05:01 BigFan wrote: wow hope everyone is ok. From the tweet, seems like it so that's good. Wonder why the tail just fell off though :O The tail hit the runway. I wonder if it's the pilot's mistake or if some instrument screwed up or something. | ||
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playnice
Malaysia300 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/67Xuq9h.jpg) Seems like the fire was pretty bad. Hope the report about not many people getting hurt is accurate though. | ||
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r.Evo
Germany14080 Posts
On July 07 2013 05:02 Djzapz wrote: The tail hit the runway. I wonder if it's the pilot's mistake or if some instrument screwed up or something. With only having the info that I just heard from the eye witnesses something like that is highly likely to be pilot error. Landing with the tail first can pretty much only happen when you're landing too short (aka you run into something that's in your way, before the actual runway), assumed you were higher than you actually were (pretty hard to fuck that one up) or having the wrong speed and over-correcting it during the landing. Edit: No need to panic after seeing the burned out aircraft on the stream. This picture was taken by a passenger while leaving. Should prolly be added to the OP: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/uwJHNBM.jpg) | ||
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metric.system
United States20 Posts
That was a 777 too, modern plane in a modern airport. Methinks it has to be human error. | ||
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r.Evo
Germany14080 Posts
Another video from another angle showing that it went much better than the pictures of the aftermath make it look like: Netizen quote from over there that seems to make sense: Landing gear impacted the sea wall and aircraft pitched high to rip tail off. Pilot wasn't even near the piano keys...landed way short. Not making accusations, but you can clearly see point of impact on sea wall and tail section is completely disintegrated before piano keys. (Crappy) picture of the runway: http://cdn-www.airliners.net/uf/68376/middle/phpvgL4To.jpeg | ||
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heliusx
United States2306 Posts
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HwangjaeTerran
Finland5967 Posts
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oBlade
United States5740 Posts
On July 07 2013 05:02 Djzapz wrote: I wonder if it's the pilot's mistake or if some instrument screwed up or something. John Nance explained on ABC that the 777 engines have some history with ice accumulation in the fuel lines. This can cause a blockage that can lead to engine rollback or failure to respond to a throttle increase. And you need engine power during a normal approach to reduce your descent rate. If you're already descending and your engines don't respond, the only way to slow down is to change the plane's attitude (i.e., pull up and crash land tail first). | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
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autoexec
United States530 Posts
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Koerage
Netherlands1220 Posts
On July 07 2013 05:50 autoexec wrote: Wow. I was just flying yesterday... This is awful imagine seeing it happening while waiting for your own flight... really hope there arent many injuries, curious how it went wrong, it didnt even reach the landing strip did it? | ||
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MaxField
United States2386 Posts
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Drake
Germany6146 Posts
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Epishade
United States2267 Posts
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zoLo
United States5896 Posts
On July 07 2013 06:01 CoR wrote: no deaths so we have a bunch of lucky ones here ^^ 2 are confirmed dead according to my local news. | ||
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tuho12345
4482 Posts
audio from controller and the flight crew. | ||
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aike
United States1629 Posts
On July 07 2013 04:58 NeoIllusions wrote: Looking at pictures so far, looks like most of the passengers are ok. But bothers me is how incredibly shoddy the plane looks. Sure, it might have passed inspection but it looks incredibly shaky to me. Well I mean... Planes don't usually look great after a crash landing? | ||
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Proseat
Germany5113 Posts
On July 07 2013 06:10 tuho12345 wrote: http://soberbuildengineer-com.s3.amazonaws.com/AAR214-KSFO-Crash.mp3 audio from controller and the flight crew. Also here (ATC chatter on KSFO Tower Frequency): Sounds like the tower controller did a great job as the emergency was declared. | ||
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