editor Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 38 hurt, two seriously on takeoff. Here's the AP version of the story.Here's a much longer version of the story from the Chronicle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Here's a picture: Source: http://www.airlinecrew.net/vbulletin/showt...7911&page=2 They were moving at a good clip when this happened. It's not easy to rip off a planes' landing gear, an engine, and crack the plane in half like that. I would suspect the fire was caused by the impact vs. pre-impact, given the damage. I don't see any charring of the fuselage... not sure how accurate reports are of overhead "bins melted and dripping onto the seats." But who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Great news nobody was killed... it could have been a lot worse. They are saying it could have been a problem with the breaking system... that's seems odd since they were in the process of taking off which is when I would think you don't use the breaks (unless you are aborting a take off)... but then again what do I know... I am not a pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Here's a picture: I don't see any charring of the fuselage... not sure how accurate reports are of overhead "bins melted and dripping onto the seats." But who knows. Try looking at photos of the right side of the airplane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Great news nobody was killed... it could have been a lot worse. They are saying it could have been a problem with the breaking system... that's seems odd since they were in the process of taking off which is when I would think you don't use the breaks (unless you are aborting a take off)... but then again what do I know... I am not a pilot. ... and it looks like that may be what they were doing when the breaks acted up / failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmather0 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Try looking at photos of the right side of the airplane.I can't link from my phone, but there is a pic on the Chron website right now of the right side. It is very burned and looks much worse. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Looks like the nose wheel breaks went full brake, in the V1/V2 range (about to leave the ground). One minute you're barreling down the runway, then WHOA! - sharp turn! Even the pilots were probably saying: WTF?! Flying can be pretty scary sometimes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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