Boeing 777 Crashes in San Francisco

wretcheddomain · 06-07-2013 08:03PM #1

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 · 06-07-2013 08:09PM

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

KeithM89 · 06-07-2013 08:10PM

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

17larsson · 06-07-2013 08:11PM

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

06-07-2013 08:15PM

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

KeithM89 · 06-07-2013 08:15PM

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

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

Nah thats the 787.

yoloc · 06-07-2013 08:20PM

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

wretcheddomain · 06-07-2013 08:22PM

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 · 06-07-2013 08:24PM

Faulty logic there wretcheddomain!

gordongekko · 06-07-2013 08:24PM

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 · 06-07-2013 08:25PM

yoloc wrote: »

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

You should watch Aircrash Investigation, great show.

wretcheddomain · 06-07-2013 08:25PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Faulty logic there wretcheddomain!

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

elmolesto · 06-07-2013 08:27PM

I hope all on board are ok.

Harpy · 06-07-2013 08:28PM

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 · 06-07-2013 08:29PM

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

06-07-2013 08:29PM

look bad

hope everyone is ok

the middle top of the plane is just gone

wretcheddomain · 06-07-2013 08:30PM

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 · 06-07-2013 08:30PM

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

yoloc · 06-07-2013 08:30PM

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 · 06-07-2013 08:31PM

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 · 06-07-2013 08:33PM

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

06-07-2013 08:35PM

hope everyone alive

Chattastrophe! · 06-07-2013 08:35PM

Deleted User wrote: »

look bad hope everyone is ok

the middle top of the plane is just gone

No it's not ...?

wretcheddomain · 06-07-2013 08:38PM

Just caught a glimpse of this:

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

MadsL · 06-07-2013 08:39PM

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 · 06-07-2013 08:40PM

any crispys?

wretcheddomain · 06-07-2013 08:40PM

sausagehead wrote: »

any crispys?

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

Lingua Franca · 06-07-2013 08:41PM

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 · 06-07-2013 08:41PM

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 · 06-07-2013 08:41PM

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

wretcheddomain · 06-07-2013 08:42PM

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 -->

Boeing 777 Crashes in San Francisco

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