From the images on Sky, it looks as if the landing gear may have clipped the edge of what looks to me like some sort of lake before the runway and then it's scraped along from there.
I think that's the Pacific Ocean...........the airport is right up against the ocean
Looks like the pilot came down too soon or too steeply and only just made it onto dry land..............
I doubt that. I suspect either all or some of the landing gear has failed, possibly left wing, the plane has hit the runway and the tail came away as a result of the impact. Plane has then slid off and spun around.
They did declare an emergency landing before, and there's no way they would deliberately attempted to land inches from the start of the runway, that isn't the normal landing place.
Also reports of a very steep descent, so a heavy landing for some reason, my guess would be a fuel line or issue causing multiple engines to fail which meant they had to come in on no engines, and the tail came off on the heavy landing. That scenario fits better.
I doubt that. I suspect either all or some of the landing gear has failed, possibly left wing, the plane has hit the runway and the tail came away as a result of the impact. Plane has then slid off and spun around.
I love the internet. 40 mins ago we were looking at the pic by a survivor put on Twitter. Just now Sky News finally put it up as some major new bit of the story they'd got hold of.
China Airlines Flight 642 crashed and exploded at Hong Kong in 1999.
Of 315 on board, 3 (yes, three) died.
It featured on C4's "Terror in the Skies" and having seen the video of the fireball when it hit the ground, I was astonished that there were any survivors.
Just looking at sky news' overhead shots of the runway. You have to feel for the aircraft that appears to have been waiting to take off. They would have seen it all happen, wondering if it was going to hit them.
Now, with debris everywhere, the aircraft is stuck. Hopefully, if they haven't already done it, they'll get some steps to get the punters off.
Just looking at sky news' overhead shots of the runway. You have to feel for the aircraft that appears to have been waiting to take off. They would have seen it all happen, wondering if it was going to hit them.
Now, with debris everywhere, the aircraft is stuck. Hopefully, if they haven't already done it, they'll get some steps to get the punters off.
Imagine being a passenger on waiting plane,"I think i'll get the ferry..."
Yes a loss of power would be a reason why they perhaps had such a nose up and tail down landing if they were struggling for lift. In the BA case the crew put the flaps up to reduce dag which bought them a few more metres in distance.
The ice in the fuel lines was fixed though and I think only an issue with Rolls Royce engines.
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Better to get the passengers out fast than waste time arguing with them about what they have in their hands.
I think that's the Pacific Ocean...........the airport is right up against the ocean
Looks like the pilot came down too soon or too steeply and only just made it onto dry land..............
They did declare an emergency landing before, and there's no way they would deliberately attempted to land inches from the start of the runway, that isn't the normal landing place.
Also reports of a very steep descent, so a heavy landing for some reason, my guess would be a fuel line or issue causing multiple engines to fail which meant they had to come in on no engines, and the tail came off on the heavy landing. That scenario fits better.
It's San Francisco Bay.
This witness says landing gear problems.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/06/san-francisco-airport-plane-crash-boeing
yeah............but that's part of the pacific ocean...........it's the coastal part...............:D
Could have been so much worse but thankfully it wasn't. Still scary though!
Of 315 on board, 3 (yes, three) died.
It featured on C4's "Terror in the Skies" and having seen the video of the fireball when it hit the ground, I was astonished that there were any survivors.
:rolleyes:
Not confirmed by the news wires.
Clearly they don't recall the plane that crashed in the Hudson River or the one that went down in Queens.
Me too
Just looking at sky news' overhead shots of the runway. You have to feel for the aircraft that appears to have been waiting to take off. They would have seen it all happen, wondering if it was going to hit them.
Now, with debris everywhere, the aircraft is stuck. Hopefully, if they haven't already done it, they'll get some steps to get the punters off.
Imagine being a passenger on waiting plane,"I think i'll get the ferry..."
Yes a loss of power would be a reason why they perhaps had such a nose up and tail down landing if they were struggling for lift. In the BA case the crew put the flaps up to reduce dag which bought them a few more metres in distance.
The ice in the fuel lines was fixed though and I think only an issue with Rolls Royce engines.