Crazy, I got to the Oakland airport this morning two hours before my flight and practically walked through security. Admittedly, it was 3:45AM.
UPS plane crash in Louisville yesterday. Based on the videos I’ve seen the left engine caught fire on takeoff (presumably after V1), was unable to climb, and then dipped into an industrial area past the runway. Some of the footage of the crash reminded me of the napalm scene from Apocalypse Now. Seven confirmed fatalities so far.
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Yeah. Looks awful. Full load of fuel.
ETA: Jeez, it was going to Hawaii. So much fuel.
Believe me when I tell you, so many of my colleagues and I are at a loss for words over this.
Some of the videos of this crash are gut-wrenching and incredibly hard to watch/stomach.
There really was nothing that crew could’ve done sadly.
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Yeah my thoughts immediately went to the horror that the crew must have been experiencing.
I saw one video and that all I ever want to see of it.
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Precisely.
I’ve put myself in that crew’s position a lot over the last several hours and I know they fought all the way to the end as I would.
It’s just gut-wrenching.
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Most likely (and hopefully) they were too caught up in reacting to the emergency to think about it. I remember reading something about how most often the last word heard on cockpit voice recorders when a plane crashes is a simple, matter-of-fact “fuck”.
If you watched Waldo’s (I think) linked video to the Apollo 13 mission, the crew maintained a calm, professional demeanor the whole time (the infighting on the ship and the friction with ground control was made up for the movie). Same in the cockpit of a compromised plane; training kicks in and you work the problem until it’s handled or you crash. There’s no time/room for panic and no point in giving up.
Having heard many CVRs of crashes a lot of times the last words are, “Oh shit…”
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Yeah, if I had a choice I’d have my ticket punched in an accident like this instead of the Alaska Airlines jackscrew accident where the whole thing was more drawn out.
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The stories of the 737 MAX crashes, where the pilots were fighting the plane to the limits of physical exhaustion, are terrifying.
That accident’s NTSB report was chilling to read.
Early report looking at FOD. Aircraft crashed into petroleum recycling cener.
Conveniently situated off the end of the runway.
#Planning
Sadly, shades of the Concorde crash in ‘00.
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I thought of the engine falling off at
OHare
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I think when that happened they were still showing cockpit views of takeoffs and landings on the cabin screens, so everybody got a good look.
The final report on that was damning to AAL- their mechanics used unapproved procedures to hold that #2 engine and hoist it back into place when done.
What always got me is that the Captain of that flight swapped with another Captain to help him out.
There are some who say that the area at ORD where that DC-10 crashed is haunted. I always got a weird feeling taking off from that runway when I was based at ORD in my previous life.
Because Big Brother is watching, this popped up in my Facebook.
Very well put together video.
I watch some of this guy’s videos. He can be a little overly detailed at times, but he typically explains things very well.
His videos in particular have helped with my fear of flying. Factual without being sensationalist.
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