Narita & Montana plane crashes

[XJSJohn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7958367.st...

Seems to have been a lot of them doing thier last landings in the past 6 months or so ....

fortunately this one was "only" a fedex cargo so no passangers!

and also, deadly brawl at Sydney Airport. Biker gang attacked some blok ethere

Edited by XJSJohn on Sunday 22 March 23:52

[jsc15]

some scary footage of the crash itself...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIZtD7PI2Eo&fea...

starts at 55 seconds

[mattley]

Direct from Japan.

http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye4089545.h...

Woah that went wrong.

[XJSJohn]

very odd crash, just looks like the plane "ran out of up"

engine failure?

[svm]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Plane-...

This has just happened as well. 17 people dead it seems.

[moleamol]

There seems to be a huge amount of aircraft crashing lately.

[bobthemonkey]

XJSJohn said:

very odd crash, just looks like the plane "ran out of up"

engine failure?

It was on landing, not TO.

Apparently (and I mean according to PPrune) similar to other accidents with the same aircraft type.

[RDMcG]

Very odd crash, this..any pilots here?...he seemed to land nose down

[Hammerwerfer]

I think it was landing.

[XJSJohn]

bobthemonkey said:

XJSJohn said:

very odd crash, just looks like the plane "ran out of up"

engine failure?

It was on landing, not TO.

Apparently (and I mean according to PPrune) similar to other accidents with the same aircraft type.

My Gaff, dunno why i had assumed it was takeoff ...

News just said that it was from China and landing in strong crosswinds.

[wooooody]

XJSJohn said:

bobthemonkey said:

XJSJohn said:

very odd crash, just looks like the plane "ran out of up"

engine failure?

It was on landing, not TO.

Apparently (and I mean according to PPrune) similar to other accidents with the same aircraft type.

My Gaff, dunno why i had assumed it was takeoff ...

News just said that it was from China and landing in strong crosswinds.

As above, dosen't look to be engine related. I certainly hope it isn't; FedEx are our largest engine overhaul customer. All the engines on that plane will probably have been through our shop.

No news of the crew yet, hope they have made it out.

Edited by wooooody on Monday 23 March 00:41

[XJSJohn]

wooooody said:

No news of the crew yet, hope they have made it out.

bloombergs reported that they were out, but no report on thier condition ...

[Hammerwerfer]

Seems that the crew of two did not survive.

[V8A*ndy]

Is that a version of the DC 10?

Big planes.

[Slinky1989]

V8A*ndy said:

Is that a version of the DC 10?

Big planes.

MD-11 according to bbc news. It's pretty much an upgrade of the dc-10.

Edited by Slinky1989 on Monday 23 March 01:08

[Eric Mc]

As I said on the other thread on this subject (why two?), DC-10/MD-11s seem to have a habit of rolling over and burning in heavy landing incidents..

[Jon C]

Cemetary in Butte, Montana. Very sad for the families of the victims. I think that is where Evel Knievel is buried.

[jamiebae]

I understand the number of fatalities quoted in the Montana incident is more than the plane involved is actually permitted to carry. Anyone got any more info on that or is it Internet hearsay?