Boeing 777 Crashes in San Francisco

wretcheddomain

News just in about this, seems an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 from Taipei is reported to have crashed at San Francisco International Airport.

Here's video footage of the fire:

Hopefully everyone has escaped safely.

1ZRed

I was actually just after looking at google images of plane crashes at sea before I saw this. Weird.

KeithM89

The triple 7 is a beast of a plane, can carry over 300 people. Looks like plenty of survivors thankfully.

17larsson

1ZRed wrote: »

I was actually just after looking at google images of plane crashes at sea before I saw this. Weird.

I've just this second watched that 747 plane crash in Afghanstan before seeing this thread as well. Mad

Is the 777 the new boing that's been having numerous issues?

KeithM89

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Is the 777 the new boing that's been having numerous issues?

Nah thats the 787.

yoloc

Hates watching stuff like that because im flying in a few weeks.

wretcheddomain

yoloc wrote: »

Hates watching stuff like that because im flying in a few weeks.

But surely you could argue the opposite that what are the chances of two such crash landings in a short period of time given the astronomical odds against a catastrophe occurring in the first place anyway. I think you should be reassured not scared.

mikemac1

Faulty logic there wretcheddomain!

gordongekko

wretcheddomain wrote: »

But surely you could argue the opposite that what are the chances of two such crash landings in a short period of time given the astronomical odds against a catastrophe occurring in the first place anyway. I think you should be reassured not scared.

but the old saying is that these things happen in threes.

KeithM89

yoloc wrote: »

Hates watching stuff like that because im flying in a few weeks.

You should watch Aircrash Investigation, great show.

wretcheddomain

mikemac1 wrote: »

Faulty logic there wretcheddomain!

That's true - the odds remain the same. :pac:

elmolesto

I hope all on board are ok.

Harpy

Hopefully everyone gets off it ok, but reports of the tale coming off on landing, doesn't sound good.. Horrible time for anyone with people on that plane..

Sky news reporting unconfirmed tweet from passenger that everyone has gotten off ok, hopefully its true..

Peregrine

mikemac1 wrote: »

Faulty logic there wretcheddomain!

Maybe but..

Every investigated crash is one less thing to go wrong in the future and makes flying that one bit more safer

look bad hope everyone is ok

the middle top of the plane is just gone

wretcheddomain

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Maybe but..

Every investigated crash is one less thing to go wrong in the future and makes flying that one bit more safer

Unfortunately that's a fact - aviation edges that bit more safer with the advent of each crash.

MadsL

Some news reporting this is a cargo jet. Hopefully all escape.

yoloc

wretcheddomain wrote: »

But surely you could argue the opposite that what are the chances of two such crash landings in a short period of time given the astronomical odds against a catastrophe occurring in the first place anyway. I think you should be reassured not scared.

Tell that to the family who have won the lotto something like 7 times lol

Lingua Franca

https://path.com/p/1lwrZb

I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I'm ok. Surreal...
— David Eun at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) (Airport)

yoloc

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Maybe but..

Every investigated crash is one less thing to go wrong in the future and makes flying that one bit more safer

~Ballix, them airline companies know eventually planes are going to fall out of the sky. Its just cheaper to pay of the victims families rather than re design the whole plane to make it safer

hope everyone alive

Chattastrophe!

Deleted User wrote: »

look bad hope everyone is ok

the middle top of the plane is just gone

No it's not ...?

wretcheddomain

Just caught a glimpse of this:

https://twitter.com/SwanShadow/status/353598003900194816/photo/1

MadsL

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Just caught a glimpse of this:

https://twitter.com/SwanShadow/status/353598003900194816/photo/1

Well, it is on the ground.

Seriously, those updates usually take updates from ATC - so allocated runway and final approach means 'landed'.

sausagehead

any crispys?

wretcheddomain

sausagehead wrote: »

any crispys?

Am I the only one not to have an iota what this means?

Lingua Franca

yoloc wrote: »

~Ballix, them airline companies know eventually planes are going to fall out of the sky. Its just cheaper to pay of the victims families rather than re design the whole plane to make it safer

Utter nonsense.

Plane crashes are extremely rare and the overwhelming majority of them are down to a chain of unpredictable errors.

Planes are frequently redesigned and constantly maintained.

If planes were expected to eventually fall out of the sky plane crashes would be common.

...and no one would want to fly

...and the aeroplane manufacturers and airlines would go out of business.

Peregrine

MadsL wrote: »

Some news reporting this is a cargo jet. Hopefully all escape.

No it was a passenger plane.

Asiana 214 from Seoul

Good pic

Tail section is gone, the undercarriage seems to have collapsed or came off and there's a crack through the middle. It's lucky it stopped when it did.

KeithM89

Definitely not a cargo plane:
http://www.businessinsider.com/plane-crash-in-san-francisco-2013-7

wretcheddomain

yoloc wrote: »

~Ballix, them airline companies know eventually planes are going to fall out of the sky. Its just cheaper to pay of the victims families rather than re design the whole plane to make it safer

Conspiracy Theory forums that way -->

KevIRL

yoloc wrote: »

Hates watching stuff like that because im flying in a few weeks.

Worse again to read about while mid flight to NYC.

Hope all made it out okay

wretcheddomain

KevIRL wrote: »

Worse again to read about while mid flight to NYC.

News just in that a 40,000ft water spout has just erected itself, roaming the mid-Atlantic, behaving erratically and unpredictably.

Not trying to concern you in the slightest.

kona

yoloc wrote: »

~Ballix, them airline companies know eventually planes are going to fall out of the sky. Its just cheaper to pay of the victims families rather than re design the whole plane to make it safer

Wow, that's crap

KevIRL

wretcheddomain wrote: »

News just in that a 40,000ft water spout has just erected itself, roaming the mid-Atlantic, behaving erratically and unpredictably.

Not trying to concern you in the slightest.

Lol. Flight is a domestic one, new Orleans to new York, so should be safe from that thankfully

wretcheddomain

KevIRL wrote: »

Lol. Flight is a domestic one, new Orleans to new York, so should be safe from that thankfully

Breaking news just in, it has moved into the east coast of the US. :eek:

KeithM89

The same type of plane crashed at Heathrow a few years ago (all survived).
Its pretty weird listening to the air traffic controller as it happened:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCK62U6Fob0

snubbleste

Foxnews failing to point a finger at a terrorist organisation...yet

Are you being a naughty boy Kev, using your phone mid flight?

MadsL

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Are you being a naughty boy Kev, using your phone mid flight?

Wifi on board. Quite common in US.

sausagehead

live feed

MrPoker

yoloc wrote: »

~Ballix, them airline companies know eventually planes are going to fall out of the sky. Its just cheaper to pay of the victims families rather than re design the whole plane to make it safer

Possibly the most idiotic post I have ever read.

wretcheddomain

According to Al Jazeera, reports in that all passengers have been accounted for.

Live feed here (with volume as opposed to that other link posted above): http://www.aljazeera.com/watch_now/

sausagehead

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Reports in that all passengers have been accounted for.

:(:(:(

hoodwinked

between that and this


runaway train exploded and a fireball engulfs the town killing people:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2357352/Breaking-news-Canadian-town-center-wiped-freight-train-carrying-hundreds-tons-crude-oil-derails-explodes.html



:eek:

neaideabh

Delighted to hear that all passengers and crew are ok!

It's gonna make for a class episode of Air Crash Investigations though!

wretcheddomain

It's gonna make for a class episode of Air Crash Investigations though!

Do you hope crashes happen so a new series of ACI can be made?

KevIRL

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Are you being a naughty boy Kev, using your phone mid flight?

Wifi on board. Was able to stream the hurling earlier when it was on. Living in the future really is great.

Haha you could live on a plane, going to and fro, as long as there was wifi :-P

Glad all on the SF plane are ok

neaideabh

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Do you hope crashes happen so a new series of ACI can be made?

Pretty much... As long as no one is hurt!

2 comfirmed dead


http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/ktvu-live-news/vtSfR/?updated