Author Topic: Comair Jet crashes (Read 972 times)

Bodhi · « **on:** August 27, 2006, 10:11:19 AM »

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/27/plane.crash/index.html

From what the story says, it went in about a mile after take off. 49 people are known dead, and atleast one person survived.

Very sad.

Golfer · « **Reply #1 on:** August 27, 2006, 10:24:14 AM »

RIP. It's been incredible the U.S. airline industry since AAL587 and hope we keep doing as well.

mora · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2006, 10:25:56 AM »

Apparently the wreckage is at the end of a runway which wasn't active.

Bodhi · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2006, 11:32:26 AM »

Anyone hear anything else?

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2006, 11:42:09 AM »

Wreck is about 40 miles from me. Pilot tried to put it down in a field. It didn't nose dive, but make a hard flat landing. Apparently the plane is relatively intact, most of the people probably burned to death.

Bodhi · « **Reply #5 on:** August 27, 2006, 12:25:09 PM »

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/27/plane.crash/index.html

Was just reading and apparently the only survivor is the FO and he's listed in critical condition in the hospital. CNN is also saying the aircraft may have taken off on the wrong runway??? Apparently it was cleared to 2 - 20 (7000') and instead used 8 - 26 (3500'). As usual it is news speculation, not sure what that RJ's short field take off is.... anyone else know?

Hope the guy pulls through.

Max · « **Reply #6 on:** August 27, 2006, 01:41:34 PM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/27/plane.crash/index.html

Was just reading and apparently the only survivor is the FO and he's listed in critical condition in the hospital. CNN is also saying the aircraft may have taken off on the wrong runway??? Apparently it was cleared to 2 - 20 (7000') and instead used 8 - 26 (3500'). As usual it is news speculation, not sure what that RJ's short field take off is.... anyone else know?

Hope the guy pulls through.

Fully loaded RJ needs 5,600' Just tried a T/O with a RJ (MSFS) fully loaded on RW 8-26 and ran out of concrete at 110 knots

How the hell could that have happened? (assuming it did)

xrtoronto · « **Reply #7 on:** August 27, 2006, 01:45:38 PM »

That's the second (maybe 3rd) plane crash this week...sad for all involved

I was out shopping yesterday and heard on the news that a small plane went down into Lake Ontario??? Haven't listened to news since.

Brenjen · « **Reply #8 on:** August 27, 2006, 01:53:21 PM »

Yes the wrong runway was used, confusion was apparently due to construction. Poor folks just didn't have enough tarmac to get lift & down they went. It's a sad thing, especially seeing that they burned to death. Maybe this accident will help stop it from happening again in the future.

Golfer · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2006, 02:08:08 PM »

I can't stand to listen to the news reports. The MSNBC ****** acting angry that the resuce workers aren't commenting on which runway it took off of. Saying it's been 6 hours, we should know this by now. Taking the tone it's to crewmembers fault he survived the accident.

CNN:
"It appears the pilot has used the wrong runway. During the press conference the Comair president and other officials warn against speculation because it's possible that it did not take off using 24, but that appears to be not what happened." I hate news reporters.

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When you lose something you cannot replace
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And I..."

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AquaShrimp · « **Reply #10 on:** August 27, 2006, 02:11:58 PM »

If I'm ever in a plane crash, I hope its doing 600mph when it hits the ground. Burning to death has to be excruciatingly painful.

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #11 on:** August 27, 2006, 02:17:37 PM »

Wikipedia already has a page up for the crash
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comair_Flight_5191

The co-pilot was rescued from the plane.

Golfer · « **Reply #12 on:** August 27, 2006, 02:19:07 PM »

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Originally posted by AquaShrimp
If I'm ever in a plane crash, I hope its doing 600mph when it hits the ground. Burning to death has to be excruciatingly painful.

the natural reaction for me is to tell you to shut up. There'd be a couple words between shut and up. There'd be several more descritpive words after it.

Edit your post and I'll take down mine.

Fishu · « **Reply #13 on:** August 27, 2006, 03:40:18 PM »

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Originally posted by AquaShrimp
Burning to death has to be excruciatingly painful.

You'll most likely die to suffocation long before burning. Either the smoke or heat will get to your lungs first, which of the smoke is most likely cause in a plane. The mental side of the ordeal is worse than the pain - the panic.
In general only a very few people die to the fire itself - Majority of the deaths are due to smoke inhalation.

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #14 on:** August 27, 2006, 04:02:39 PM »

No fishu, I don't believe thats the case. The CRJ was loaded with fuel. It still takes a minute or two to pass out in a smoke filled cabin. Ever see the video of the 707 that was crash-landed for a test? Flames rip through the cabin, not a whole lot of smoke. Its got to be a horrible way to die.