Plane crash in San Fran.

[420seriouscat69]

 

[AppleJack]

I fly there Monday   

[Stevesie60]

I fly there Monday   

What time!?

[Dugout DickStone]

I fly there Monday   

Cancel ASAP

[Pete]

"For now, we acknowledge that there were no problems caused by the 777-200 plane or (its) engines," Yoon Young-doo, the president and CEO of the airline, told a media conference on Sunday at the company headquarters.

Initial reports said two people were killed and more than 70 injured when the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed on landing at San Francisco International Airport.

If confirmed, it would be the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 777, a family of twin-engined long-haul aircraft which has been in service for the past 18 years.

With more than five million flights, according to Boeing, it remains one of the industry's solid workhorses.

http://news.yahoo.com/plane-engines-not-fault-asiana-crash-ceo-073731574.html


That 777-200LR is one long flying bitch.  I've ridden them from Johannesburg to Atlanta non-stop.  Currently listed as the fourth longest non-stop flight, and the longest for a plane with one two engines.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-stop_flight

[felix rex]

I love the super calm Chinese lady who just stared down a gaggle of US reporters and described nonchalantly exiting through the hole in the back of the plane after unbuckling her 4-year old AND getting her carry-on from the bin. Stud/boss travel move.

[steve dave]

I'm guessing the pilot pulled up short on his approach and tried to get altitude at the last second tipping the tail into the dirt.

[SkinnyBenny]

Kind of remarkable that only two people died (so far). One of the teenage girls who died was killed when she was run over by an emergency vehicle that was driving up to the plane.    You miraculously survive a rough ridin' plane crash, then die immediately afterward.

[Tobias]

Kind of remarkable that only two people died (so far). One of the teenage girls who died was killed when she was run over by an emergency vehicle that was driving up to the plane.    You miraculously survive a rough ridin' plane crash, then die immediately afterward.

don't want to be too insensitive here, but mack brown thread?

[AbeFroman]

I lost my life in San Francisco, waiting for the plane to land right, but I found it in a smokecloud. The tail was falling off.

[mocat]

I lost my life in San Francisco, waiting for the plane to land right, but I found it in a smokecloud. The tail was falling off.

Idk bro

[sys]

been thinking about this a little - they have to fire those pilots right?  or find them no-flying jobs.  they can't put them back on paying flights.  really kind sucks for them (if true).

[steve dave]

been thinking about this a little - they have to fire those pilots right?  or find them no-flying jobs.  they can't put them back on paying flights.  really kind sucks for them (if true).

Yeah, I think they have to. Then nobody else is going to hire someone who was the only person to ever wreck a 777.

[EuroCat]

been thinking about this a little - they have to fire those pilots right?  or find them no-flying jobs.  they can't put them back on paying flights.  really kind sucks for them (if true).

Well, they're not dead which is kind of lucky and stuff.

[WillieWatanabe]

according to random pilot BBSs, korean pilots are apparently bad pilots(racist? probably)

[8manpick]

according to random pilot BBSs, korean pilots are apparently bad pilots(racist? probably)

One of the Gladwell books covers this. Outliers maybe?

[Skipper44]

according to random pilot BBSs, korean pilots are apparently bad pilots(racist? probably)

One of the Gladwell books covers this. Outliers maybe?

One rumor is the pilot in training that was actually landing the plane was actually a year or two ahead of the pilot in command at the same flight school.  The theory is that the "respect your elders/superiors" that is so pervasive in Asian cultures is why the pilot in command didn't take control of the airplane sooner when the pilot in training screwed up the approach.   

Also, I have seen some "Asian pilots can do it by the book but don't adapt to changing situations" talk that is straight out of this cinema classic

[michigancat]

http://sfist.com/2013/07/12/ktvu_names_asiana_pilots_ho_lee_fuk.php

['taterblast]

http://sfist.com/2013/07/12/ktvu_names_asiana_pilots_ho_lee_fuk.php

how on EARTH does that happen

[Tobias]

http://sfist.com/2013/07/12/ktvu_names_asiana_pilots_ho_lee_fuk.php

 

[EllRobersonisInnocent]

Ho Lee Fuk 

[michigancat]

Ho Lee Fuk 

Read them in order.

[AbeFroman]

Surprised they didn't finish off with a "Baba Booey! Baba Booey! Howard Stern's penis!"

[sonofdaxjones]

Should I feel bad that I laughed?

Oh man   

[EllRobersonisInnocent]