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Title: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: Colchester Kev on March 24, 2009, 08:59:00 PM http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7958367.stm
Horrible, but you cant help watching it a few times. No Tom Hanks gags please. Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: dousche on March 24, 2009, 11:01:51 PM i presume all the blonde t-shirts i keep reading about are shipped from a japanese supplier?
Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: thetank on March 24, 2009, 11:03:40 PM RIP
Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: I KNOW IT on March 25, 2009, 04:22:05 AM Absolutely horrendous
RIP Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: paulhouk03 on March 25, 2009, 11:38:49 AM thats terrible
RIP Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: EvilPie on March 25, 2009, 12:41:20 PM Tragic accident.
Thankfully it was only a cargo plane so only 2 lives lost. Looking at the accident this could just as easily have been a fully loaded passenger plane with the loss of hundreds. Will be interesting to see the full investigation as to how it happened. Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: tikay on March 25, 2009, 12:55:37 PM Yes, it's just dreadful. There is something about aeroplane crashes which brings out the ghoul in all of us, I think.
Everytime there is a 'Plane crash, or incident, I go to a Forum caled PPRuNe - "Professional Pilots Rumour Network". Flushy put me onto it a few years ago, & it's a wonderful place. All the Media get their "stories" by going oto PPruNe. After the Heathrow 777 jobbie, the PPRuNe Forum nearly crashed - I think there were nearly 10,000 viewing it at one time, ditto the Hudson River splashdown.. And, the loss of live notwithstanding, the way the story unfolds on PPRuNe is like reading a thriller, it starts with "reports are coming in", then it gradually unfolds. You soon get to see who speaks with authority - the questions come from hacks & amateurs, & the answers from Pilots, AirCrew, & ATC-ers. For the Hudson "crash", they uploaded a software gizmo which tracked the Flight Path of all planes leaving JFK, & you could clearly see the Hudson 'plane flightpath, until, spookily, it suddenly disappeared. And they often have Cockpit tx to & from ATC, etc. It's riveting stuff. For geeks, that is. For the Fex Ex Crash, the Thread is here..... http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/366990-cnn-reports-fedex-crash-tokyo.html Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: I KNOW IT on March 25, 2009, 01:43:21 PM Yes, it's just dreadful. There is something about aeroplane crashes which brings out the ghoul in all of us, I think. Everytime there is a 'Plane crash, or incident, I go to a Forum caled PPRuNe - "Professional Pilots Rumour Network". Flushy put me onto it a few years ago, & it's a wonderful place. All the Media get their "stories" by going oto PPruNe. After the Heathrow 777 jobbie, the PPRuNe Forum nearly crashed - I think there were nearly 10,000 viewing it at one time, ditto the Hudson River splashdown.. And, the loss of live notwithstanding, the way the story unfolds on PPRuNe is like reading a thriller, it starts with "reports are coming in", then it gradually unfolds. You soon get to see who speaks with authority - the questions come from hacks & amateurs, & the answers from Pilots, AirCrew, & ATC-ers. For the Hudson "crash", they uploaded a software gizmo which tracked the Flight Path of all planes leaving JFK, & you could clearly see the Hudson 'plane flightpath, until, spookily, it suddenly disappeared. And they often have Cockpit tx to & from ATC, etc. It's riveting stuff. For geeks, that is. For the Fex Ex Crash, the Thread is here..... http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/366990-cnn-reports-fedex-crash-tokyo.html Thanks for the link. The posters certainly know their stuff Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: lazaroonie on March 25, 2009, 01:49:54 PM i know a few guys (pilots) who fly for fedex out of Memphis. Flying cargo is definitely at the lower end of the glamour scale
Such a tragedy. Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: Royal Flush on March 25, 2009, 01:52:45 PM PPRuNe is indeed the absolute nuts, before poker i was a regular poster on there back in the good old days of the 'wanabee' sub forum which was something else!
Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: cia260895 on March 25, 2009, 01:55:31 PM On the flying subject,when my son goes on his next flying lesson with the ATC he has said he will get to do areobatics on his 2nd lesson WOW.
His aim is to get a pilots certificate (I think) after completeing the course what will this entitle him to do? Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: TightEnd on March 25, 2009, 02:00:44 PM His aim is to get a pilots certificate (I think) after completeing the course what will this entitle him to do? play poker online, stake a load of degens and wear Swiss polo tops Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: cia260895 on March 25, 2009, 02:06:07 PM His aim is to get a pilots certificate (I think) after completeing the course what will this entitle him to do? play poker online, stake a load of degens and wear Swiss polo tops Believe me I would love him to play poker he would crush the game IMO but ATM he just ain't interested more interested in w.o.w dunno bouit the swiss polo tops though ;) Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: EvilPie on March 25, 2009, 02:14:16 PM His aim is to get a pilots certificate (I think) after completeing the course what will this entitle him to do? play poker online, stake a load of degens and wear Swiss polo tops rotflmfao Title: Re: Fed Ex plane crash Post by: Rooky9 on March 25, 2009, 06:39:50 PM PPRuNe is indeed the absolute nuts, before poker i was a regular poster on there back in the good old days of the 'wanabee' sub forum which was something else! God, I used to spend hours going through the wannabe section. Think I saw at least 3 versions of the CTC cadet scheme thing. Still didnt bloody make it! |