Plane Crash in San Fran.

[islandman]

http://news.yahoo.com/faa-airliner-crashes-landing-san-francisco-191557356.html


SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul, South Korea, crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, forcing passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable slides to safety. It was not immediately known whether there were any injuries.

The Boeing 777 was supposed to land on runway 28 left at the airport, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown. She said the sequence of events was still unclear, but it appeared the plane landed and then crashed.

 

[bluemuse]

Oh no! I hope that everyone got off the plane safely.

 

[fgarvb1]

WTF?

Landed and THEN crashed?

Were they driving on the wrong side of the runway!

 

[Squibbs]

WTF?

Landed and THEN crashed?

Were they driving on the wrong side of the runway!

Asian drivers.

 

[Beco]

Yet another reason for gay marriage....

 

[islandman]

Yet another reason for gay marriage....

You seem especially stupid these days, Beco.

Everything okay?

 

[lovetoread]

Asian drivers.

 

[Beco]

You seem especially stupid these days, Beco.

Everything okay?

No, not really

 

[JackLuis]

Just the facts.

The Asiania Airlines Boeing 777 came in in a nose high attitude, and clipped off its tail on the seawall at the end of the runway. This caused it to slam down on the runway, shearing the landing gear. It then belly slid and came to a halt.

So far 2 dead, and ~60 injured, of ~ 200 on the plane.

In 18 months we will hear from the NTSB that it crashed through pilot error, although the glide slope system didn't seem to be operating at the time?

 

[Killswitch]

Can you even see over the steering wheel?

lol

 

[Beco]

Asian drivers.

Bad drivers true, but there are others worse.....

 

[Killswitch]

Just the facts.

The Asiania Airlines Boeing 777 came in in a nose high attitude, and clipped off its tail on the seawall at the end of the runway. This caused it to slam down on the runway, shearing the landing gear. It then belly slid and came to a halt.

So far 2 dead, and ~60 injured, of ~ 200 on the plane.

In 18 months we will hear from the NTSB that it crashed through pilot error, although the glide slope system didn't seem to be operating at the time?

You can take the auto pilot off and land that plane manually.

 

[lovetoread]

Can you even see over the steering wheel?

lol

Yes I can.

 

[islandman]

Yes I can.

Isn't he 5'6" or some such?

 

[blackleggings]

I get news from Lit first too often. This is the first I heard of this. Those poor people.

 

[lovetoread]

Isn't he 5'6" or some such?

A bit taller.

 

[renard_ruse]

That's ironic, I was listening to this song just this morning...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZXw3ZASxpU

 

[Killswitch]

Isn't he 5'6" or some such?

Who. Me? I'm 5'10" LTR's like 4' 10. She says 5 foot but ehhhhh..

She's a spinner.

 

[islandman]

A bit taller.

5'7"?

 

[bluemuse]

Just the facts.

The Asiania Airlines Boeing 777 came in in a nose high attitude, and clipped off its tail on the seawall at the end of the runway. This caused it to slam down on the runway, shearing the landing gear. It then belly slid and came to a halt.

So far 2 dead, and ~60 injured, of ~ 200 on the plane.

In 18 months we will hear from the NTSB that it crashed through pilot error, although the glide slope system didn't seem to be operating at the time?

So sad.

 

[koalabear]

What a queer place to crash.

 

[JackLuis]

So sad.

Yes, it will take many months before we know if it was due to sequestered maintenance funds?

 

[warrior queen]

I get news from Lit first too often. This is the first I heard of this. Those poor people.

I come onto lit sometimes, like this morning, and there's news on here I haven't seen.
But just to make sure it's 'real', I always go to the major news sites and check.
Coz sometimes, it's not entirely accurate.

 

[islandman]

181 people transported to hospitals, 49 serious and 132 more minor to moderate, 123 people in terminals, 2 dead, 1 unaccounted for.

 

[Squibbs]

What is this, the Ian News Network or something?

Have you interviewed anyone who was on the plane yet?