Air France overshoots runway at Pearson
polycounter lvl 18
No one was seriously hurt. Sounds like he dropped too hard on the runway and burst is tires. The bad conditions made a bad situation, much much worse. As a pilot myself, all I can say is, Whoops.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_358
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_358
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Glad to hear no one is hurt.
I too am glad nobody was serously injured.
Take a boat.
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Boats are dangerous.
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Take a boat.
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Boats are dangerous.
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and very slow
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2095099.stm
Btw, don't get me wrong. I fricking hate flying as much as the next, well, person that hates flying. But it's a necessary evil in my life I'm afraid. Getting across the Atlantic by boat isn't really an option. Although If there was a bridge I'd probably drive
Shooting through the air in a small metal tube full of highly flammable liquid going several hundred mph/km is perfectly safe.
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Reminds me of a joke I heard from some comedian (don't remember who). It went something like: "I hate flying. My friends always tell me, 'It's the safest form of travel, you know?' to which I respond, 'Oh yeah? I'm pretty sure walking still beats it.' I mean, I've never been walking down the street and then suddenly someone just bursts into flames and plummets 30,000 feet."
Trust me, you are a bunch of morons if you think flying is dangerous. The mistake I felt that was made is the pilot broke the golden rule: If you arent sure it's safe to land, Dont land: Continue in circuit. In my experience sounds like he was doing a wonky landing in near ZERO visablity, and got hit in a microburst (mircoburst and push upwards of 6000ft per minute) and dropped to the deck, broke something in the undercarage, and since he was too far down the runway and had no wheelbrakes so he slid off the threshhold. They all got off with nothing too serious and then the plane slowly went into flames. No harm done. Sounds like pilot error and act of god.
What this has also taught me is that atleast 30% of all news anchors are also private pilots or friends of pilots.
Trust me, you are a bunch of morons if you think flying is dangerous.
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Well actually I think that's a pretty moronic thing to say and no, I don't trust you
Im not afraid to admit it. I have a slight fear of flying. It doesnt stop me going anywhere, but Im edgy as hell. I KNOW that its an irrational fear, but that doesnt help me, nor will anything you say. It's just an issue in my life that I deal with. I'd quite like to think that it doesn't define me as being a moron.
But, 2 things helped me out:
1.) Looking at the steward/stewardesses faces. If they're smiling, I'm smiling.
2.) When the plane went up in the air I sort of whispered, "Well.. my life is no longer in my hands." I then put on my headphones and tried to sleep.
if the tail section or a wing falls off a plane after years of stress in mid-flight you are dead.
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Except that Does not happen
There is no basis for that.
Even if all engines fail, or you run out of fuel, or even if you clip a wing or blow a hole out of the top of the fuseloge above the whole first class section you can still land and survive the plane. So your argument for is unfounded
Yeah but loss of hydraulic pressure Moz and you are 'hosed' !
Ya see what I did there? hosed?
here's a list of airlines that have never had any problems: http://www.planecrashinfo.com/noaccident.htm
The worst two accidents I know of are: the 1985 Japan Air Lines one, where the flaps got stuck and the plane went around in circles for a few hours untill all the fuel was gone and it crashed into a mountain, and the one where the fuel tanks exploded sending the nose into the sea and sending the rest of the plane into a steep climb.
here's a list of airlines that have never had any problems: http://www.planecrashinfo.com/noaccident.htm
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dont fly with those airlines! No crash means they're due for one! ;-P
" After the accident, a passenger stated that as she was boarding the airplane through the jet bridge at Hilo, she observed a longitudinal fuselage crack. The crack was in the upper row of rivets along the S-10L lap joint, about halfway between the cabin door and the edge of the jet bridge hood. She made no mention of the observation to the airline ground personnel or flight crew."
Then again, Im completely satified even flying in aircraft with no engines at all so if you want to sit on the ground shaking your fist at the jets as the fly by like coward that is your business.
Im pointing out that even with serious structual damage the aircraft still returned safely.
Then again, Im completely satified even flying in aircraft with no engines at all so if you want to sit on the ground shaking your fist at the jets as the fly by like coward that is your business.
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no need to be a tard. We all have things we dont like doing in life.