Airliner crash lands at SF Airport

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  • il Padrino Ute
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 19161

    #1

    Airliner crash lands at SF Airport

    An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul crashed and burned in San Francisco Saturday. At least two people died and dozens were injured, officials said.


    No reports of injuries yet, but it's early. Not good.
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  • LiveCoug
    LA Ute loves me
    • Nov 2008
    • 18485

    #2
    Looks like the tail came off on landing...

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    • Bo Diddley
      Senior
      • Jul 2012
      • 18720

      #3
      Looking at footage of the area, it would appear that they came up just short of the runway. You can see a trail of debris from the rock dyke all along the runway tracing their path. You can see where the tail came off.

      That picture shows many survivors, but wow!

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      • PaloAltoCougar
        Semper infra dignitatem
        • Nov 2008
        • 16917

        #4
        The crash occurred just as we were dropping off our daughter for a flight to JFK. We learned about it only after we got home (45 minutes away) when she called to say her flight had been cancelled because of "the incident." So now she's on BART back to our house and we'll take her to San Jose for a flight to NYC. Instead of getting home at 9 this evening, she'll get there around 6 tomorrow morning.

        I remember a somewhat similar incident from the '60s when a JAL flight landed a few hundred yards short of the runway in the SF Bay. I don't think there were any fatalities then, as there apparently are now.

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        • Tim
          Not Banned
          • Nov 2008
          • 4390

          #5
          Is there any footage of the crash happening? All I've seen is video and photos of the after-effects.
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          • SandYFan
            Junior Member
            • May 2013
            • 754

            #6
            Originally posted by Tim View Post
            Is there any footage of the crash happening? All I've seen is video and photos of the after-effects.
            This just got linked on CB:



            Horizontal video taken from a phone at quite a distance away.

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            • calicoug
              Junior Member
              • Oct 2011
              • 1556

              #7
              Originally posted by SandYFan View Post
              This just got linked on CB:



              Horizontal video taken from a phone at quite a distance away.
              That is really incredible. There isn't much that goes unfilmed these days in cities.

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              • cougjunkie
                *Banned*
                • Nov 2008
                • 23223

                #8
                KTVU in San Francisco might be in a bit of trouble:

                *Banned*

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                • Jeff Lebowski
                  Corporate lackey for Jesus
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 69491

                  #9
                  Originally posted by cougjunkie View Post
                  KTVU in San Francisco might be in a bit of trouble:

                  http://deadspin.com/pranked-tv-stati...ium=socialflow
                  Oh man. Can't stop laughing. I can't believe nobody caught that.
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                  • cougjunkie
                    *Banned*
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 23223

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                    Oh man. Can't stop laughing. I can't believe nobody caught that.
                    They said they reaired the exact segment on the 10pm news as well. Unbelievable.
                    *Banned*

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                    • PaloAltoCougar
                      Semper infra dignitatem
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 16917

                      #11
                      A real LOL. Amazing nobody caught that. I'd love to hear the conversation at KTVU and how "the NTSB has confirmed that..." I suspect the local unemployment rolls may rise a bit this afternoon.

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                      • YOhio
                        Hipster Mode
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 26165

                        #12
                        Two people died in the tragic accident. Sorry, guys. Don't think it's funny.

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                        • Color Me Badd Fan
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 12519

                          #13
                          Holy cow that's funny. My older brother used to play tennis with an Asian kid who had one of those ultimate mainstream American names (this kid was named Daniel). My dad would say every time he came home, " How's Won Hung Lo doing?" I didn't get the joke when I was 10. Around that same time, my friend that lived near me had a sizeable pond in his front yard. His mother got an injured beaver from some animal rescue and put it in their pond. The beaver was around for six months and then returned to the wild. I told my dad about the beaver and I got questions and warnings about "Joey's mom's beaver" for the next four years. "If she asks you to pet her beaver, make sure you tell her no."
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                          • SeattleUte
                            Faith crisis consultant
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 20837

                            #14
                            Originally posted by YOhio View Post
                            Two people died in the tragic accident. Sorry, guys. Don't think it's funny.
                            Agree.
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                            • statman
                              Rabblerouser
                              • Aug 2009
                              • 2799

                              #15
                              Originally posted by cougjunkie View Post
                              KTVU in San Francisco might be in a bit of trouble:

                              http://deadspin.com/pranked-tv-stati...ium=socialflow
                              Tell me that isn't real?! No one could be that stupid!!!

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