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SFO plane crash (7/6/13)

I could care less if I had to miss a business meeting or take a long ride home from Sacramento due to a situation like this, and I fly a lot.
 
Marlowe said:
Oh, there may have been a couple, but you were implying the airport was business as usual, and that just doesn't happen. I see lots of diversions:

Diverted KLAS:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL580
KSMF:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL886
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SAS935
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL1355
Pattern for a while, then Oakland:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU15

Couple of returns:

KLAX-KLAX:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL1126

KDFW-KDFW:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL1441
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Wrong but still cant admit it :laughing
 
Sitting here in the FC lounge at SFO now. Was here when the crash occurred and started getting texts from coworkers. Went over and turned up the volume on the TV and then there were a dozen or so of us watching. Only windows here face N, so we can't see the crash site.kind of unnerving.

Flights delayed. Is all we've been told. Just hanging here eating shrimp cocktails waiting on some info. Probably be several more hours at least
 
So if no emergency was declared, did the plane just stall on final approach then? And the pilot just nosed up to minimize the loss?
 
TheRobSJ said:
So if no emergency was declared, did the plane just stall on final approach then? And the pilot just nosed up to minimize the loss?
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It'd nose up for them if they lost enough speed, those things are heavy.

Since they had some sort of declared emergency prior, they may simply have not been able to maintain enough airspeed to make the field. Damn close, though.
 
wazzuFreddo said:
I could care less if I had to miss a business meeting or take a long ride home from Sacramento due to a situation like this, and I fly a lot.
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I can certainly see your point tgen there is the other side. I don't fly much maybe 3-5 times a year but when I do its for something extremely important. I may need a flame suit but a plane crash to me is no different than a crash on the hwy. Sure my commute maybe a bit longer but traffic keeps going in the other lanes not affect. By now its a matter of an investigagtion and shouldn't affect the rest of the airport like it is.
 
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look's like my dad's flight is canceled.
 
sidewazzz said:
I can certainly see your point tgen there is the other side. I don't fly much maybe 3-5 times a year but when I do its for something extremely important. I may need a flame suit but a plane crash to me is no different than a crash on the hwy. Sure my commute maybe a bit longer but traffic keeps going in the other lanes not affect. By now its a matter of an investigagtion and shouldn't affect the rest of the airport like it is.
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Fatal accidents frequently shut down the freeway for hours. Even longer depending on the size of the accident. It's pretty self-evident that an accident with potentially 300+ fatalities would have investigation impacts scaled up proportionally.
 
sidewazzz said:
I can certainly see your point tgen there is the other side. I don't fly much maybe 3-5 times a year but when I do its for something extremely important. I may need a flame suit but a plane crash to me is no different than a crash on the hwy. Sure my commute maybe a bit longer but traffic keeps going in the other lanes not affect. By now its a matter of an investigagtion and shouldn't affect the rest of the airport like it is.
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Then you take a flight out of San Jose or Oakland and do a layover to get across the country if something is that important. Like if there is a crash on 101, you take 280 :dunno
 
Besides the BART option to Oakland, It actually wouldn't surprise me if the airlines charter busses to SJC/OAK/SMF.

People will get out, eventually. Maybe not today, but there are lots of people working on it. The inconvenience is not really that big of a deal.
 
Bad news! In that photo above that looks like UA 747 holding...maybe 837 to Narita. I just took 853 couple days ago.

Asiana is one of my favorite airlines, top 3 in Star Alliance, they really have great crews, this is sad news hopefully those injured recover quickly.

Be really interesting to see what this turns out to be, the 777 is a very safe ac.
 
Yes, she's one of the smart ones.

Everyone else is going to take 3 months to get their shit back and it's going to be full of foam.

:laughing
 
I would be a bit upset if everyone went for their carry on luggage wit emergency ramps deployed. Just saw that about 75 are heading to hospitals.
 
I friend was inbound from pdx. Flight was diverted to oak.

Just flew to Seattle. Due to heat we took off in a different direction to use the longer runway. Planes are losing lift in the heat. Wonder if the pilot misjudged it coming in? :dunno
 
Marlowe said:
Yes, she's one of the smart ones.

Everyone else is going to take 3 months to get their shit back and it's going to be full of foam.

:laughing
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I certainly would not be grabbing my rollerboard but would probably grab the shoulder bag....but who knows what you are thinking about when something like this happens...everyone probably in shock.
 
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