Interesting (recent) total air disasters

[3WE]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/plane-osu-ai ... 09212.html

Might be some interesting Swiss cheese and Evan admonishment.

And, while it’s premature, there’s some interesting comments, including that “the airport didn’t know where the plane was from.” Without getting literal, are they implying it was flying VFR?

[elaw]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/plane-osu-ai ... 09212.html

Might be some interesting Swiss cheese and Evan admonishment.

And, while it’s premature, there’s some interesting comments, including that “the airport didn’t know where the plane was from.” Without getting literal, are they implying it was flying VFR?

Discussion including a (brief) first-person account and links: https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comme ... rashed_on/

[3WE]

The passengers didn’t did died.

[elaw]

It seems we have video of the event: https://news.yahoo.com/dashcam-video-sh ... 37059.html

[3WE]

I turned on Dan Juan.

He reviewed much.

My takeaway was and live ATC:

5 miles out, everything seemed fine. A minute later, “we’re landing on the interstate”.

Strange deal.

[Gabriel]

I turned on Dan Juan.

He reviewed much.

My takeaway was and live ATC:

5 miles out, everything seemed fine. A minute later, “we’re landing on the interstate”.

Strange deal.

And they did not run out of fuel.

In any case, until we know more, these pilots are provisionally heroes in my mind. They really did a great job of gliding the plane and slowing down to almost traffic speed (and it was heavy traffic) before landing on the highway. They saved the 3 paxs who were able to literally walk away, they only hit 1 vehicle (no or minor injuries only), and they paid with their lives (it seems that the cockpit hit the wall when the right wing touched the wall and sup the airplane while exploding).

[3WE]

***they only hit 2 vehicles (and so far no one on the ground has did died.)***

Fixed.

My wild speculation is switching to an empty fuel tank, possibly dykleskicaly like the ATR dude.

[Gabriel]

***they only hit 2 vehicles (and so far no one on the ground has did died.)***

Fixed.

Why "so far"? Any severe injuries?

[3WE]

An unidentified person in one of the cars on I-75 was seriously injured, according to the FAA.

I concede that ‘serious’ is a broad term that does not necessarily equal life-threatening.

[Gabriel]

An unidentified person in one of the cars on I-75 was seriously injured, according to the FAA.

I concede that ‘serious’ is a broad term that does not necessarily equal life-threatening.

That's still worse than what I thought. I thought there had been only minor injuries on the ground.

[3WE]

***I thought there had been only minor injuries on the ground.***

The media sucks, more than a little. A day or two after the crash- these were common snippets:

“A car was hit, with the occupant only receiving minor injuries”. (Thanks, were OTHER car’s possibility hit too?- there was quite a bit of traffic in the pictures.)

“There were 5 people in the plane, their condition is unknown”.

Just today, I learned that they snagged a pickup truck and drug it along with them.

…and you’d think an update on the seriously injured person would be in order.

But hey, Taylor Swift’s boyfriend won some FOOTBALL game, and that’s what really matters, right?

[Gabriel]

But hey, Taylor Swift’s boyfriend won some FOOTBALL game, and that’s what really matters, right?

To most, yes

(and no, I am not going into the football vs handegg discussion)

[3WE]

1. Another FB group.

2. Lived in Fayetteville for 5 years. Pre XNA. Flew out of Drake a few times, and Chickendale twice. Lots of airports. Had an upper door pop open on a twin Cessna…I guess they forgot the bolts?

3. An excellent landing…is there an adjective for when paperwork and potential job losses are in play?

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