Jacques60 From France, joined Jul 2003, 120 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (9 years 9 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 4438 times:
Not a day but a week after, on 17 June 1975 , same flight number AF191 BKK/CDG via BOM where N28888 was burned to ashes after an aborted take off. Pax and crew all evacuated safely thank god !
I felt somewhat uncomfortable when I saw the tail fin along the runway upon landing !
HlywdCatft From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5321 posts, RR: 7 Reply 6, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 4117 times:
I thought they retire the number if there is a crash. I don't recall there ever being another Northwest Flight 25 after the Aug 17 1987 crash
Tekelberry From United States of America, joined May 2003, 1459 posts, RR: 5 Reply 8, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 4034 times:
I thought they retire the number if there is a crash.
Only if it's an oddball number. I.E. flight #1 wouldn't be retired.
Flyingbronco05 From United States of America, joined May 2002, 3838 posts, RR: 3 Reply 10, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 3925 times:
Ever Been On A Flight That Crashed The Day Before?
If the plane crashed the day before you flew on it, then there is no way you could have been on that plane when it crashed the day before.
Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 88 Reply 11, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 3762 times:
If the plane crashed the day before you flew on it, then there is no way you could have been on that plane when it crashed the day before.
Flight silly... not plane.
Flyingbronco -
This is an international forum. Your comments are completely out of line under any circumstance.
Flyboy36y From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 3039 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 3751 times:
AA Kept the 001 flight number to this day on the same route (JFK-LAX) that it crashed.
Iflewrepublic From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 537 posts, RR: 3 Reply 13, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 3711 times:
Northwest Airlines Flight 255, not 25, crashed on August 17, 1987. Out respect to those crew members and passengers whose lives were lost, the airline retired the flight number that day.
Iflewrepublic
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ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3819 posts, RR: 2 Reply 14, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 3540 times:
the closest to that I came was when I flew on a United DC-10 about a month before it crashed in Iowa due to a catastrophic failure of the #2 (tail-mounted) engine. The fan disk failure was a pre-existing problem that was evident even while I flew this plane, on a LAX-ORD flight back in the 1980s.
Marcell From Denmark, joined Oct 1999, 14 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 3437 times:
This might be a little bit off topic, but the same day or day after September 11, Scandinavian Airlines changed the flight number of their daily CPH-EWR from SK 911 to SK 909.
Aussie747 From Australia, joined Aug 2003, 1161 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 3371 times:
I my self have cannot go to that extent however I did fly on QF VH-OJH back in 2002 to Hong Kong (the same plane that overshot the runway in Bangkok in 1999), Heard the damage bill was 100 million dollars. She still flys so perfect no imperfections
Petazulu From United States of America, joined Jan 2003, 701 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3292 times:
My mother flew on TW Flight 800 the following day. They did not change the flight number immediately. She said it was very odd!
She still has her ticket from the day of the actual crash- the only reason she did not take that flight was because her doctor told her to wait for results of a Lyme disease test! Needless to say, my mother and that doctor are very good friends now! She was interviewed by all the papers in France when she go to the other side of the pond as the word had been leaked that she was actually booked on the fatal flight 800.
Needless to say, TWA did not charge her a change fee to fly the next day
** as for people criticizing English grammar on this forum- go jump off a cliff. Better yet, go join a grammar forum. This sight relies on posts from non-native speakers to sustain its diversity and interest. Don't bash those people.
Travatl From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 2172 posts, RR: 11 Reply 18, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 3182 times:
the closest to that I came was when I flew on a United DC-10 about a month before it crashed in Iowa due to a catastrophic failure of the #2 (tail-mounted) engine. The fan disk failure was a pre-existing problem that was evident even while I flew this plane, on a LAX-ORD flight back in the 1980s.
Chris in NH
What? That is an incredibly arrogant statement.
You're saying that this mechanical anomaly was blatantly obvious to you, an untrained average passenger riding in the cabin, with no view of the engine itself; yet it went undetected by the maintenance and flight professionals of one of the world's largest airlines? That's ludicrous.
Even the flight attendants, who work underneath the behemoth DC10 #2 power plant day in and day out would have detected a deviation in the noise.
Cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 7724 posts, RR: 55 Reply 19, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3127 times:
Travatl, I think what our friend is saying is that the flaw in the disc on that ill-fated UAL DC10 was already in place (indeed the damage was done before the engine left the factory), not that he was aware of it on his flight to Vegas in the mid 80s. 'Pre-evident' should probably have been substituted with the slightly different 'pre-existing'. And as for you Travatl, you shouldn't be so harsh if you don't know what you're talking about either: (1) an engine that's about to blow will sound exactly like one which is in perfect working order, you don't get ANY warning with jets; and (2) in the rare instance that an engine sounds "kinda funny" (frankly, it would never work out this way but we'll see it through...) a flight attendent would be fairly unlikely to either notice, report it or be taken seriously on such an intangible mechanical issue that takes place outside the aircraft.
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Richierich From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 4036 posts, RR: 6 Reply 20, posted (9 years 9 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 3088 times:
Petazula,
Was your mother the one interviewed by the New York papers on July 18, 1996, holding a ticket for the ill-fated flight from the day before? If so, I remember that.
She is more than just a little lucky... I would imagine something like that would be a life changing experience.
TWA didn't change the '800' flight number for a couple of days, but that route was flown by 767s after the crash.
USAFHummer From United States of America, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 54 Reply 24, posted (9 years 9 months 3 hours ago) and read 2621 times:
I photographed Air Sunshine Cessna 402 N314AB at FLL just 48 hours before it crashed in the Bahamas, killing 2 and injuring 8...
Greg
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25 Petazulu: Richierich, I am not sure if that was my mother. She was on the front page of the french newspapers (one I remember in particular was Ouest France). A
26 Britair: Dear VC-10, FlyingBronco et al, Before you jump down 727Lover's throat, I would like to add that what he posted was perfect English and has been misco
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