LoneStarMike From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 3654 posts, RR: 38 Posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3874 times:
Here's a good article from San Diego Magazine written five years ago on the 20th anniversary of the crash.
"This is it"
Those final words of a doomed pilot echo 20 years later as San Diego pauses to recall the day all hell broke loose. Remembrances and ironies surrounding the crash of PSA Flight 182.
Particularly chilling were the accounts of the bodies of a couple found in their Audi who had been killed as they were driving, a hysterical blood stained mother and her baby who had been in a car where a body had smashed through the windshield, and a resident of one of the homes who had been talking on the phone to her sister at the time of the crash who was found with the receiver still in her hand.
BoingGoingGone From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3788 times:
I was in school, ten blocks away...
Windows rattled, smoke lifting into the air. My mom freaking out as she had been heading east on the I-94 and saw the collision. She initially thought it hit closer to the school. She was releived to find we were safe.
Sad day for PSA and San Diego..... Growing up all I wanted to do was work for PSA. They didn't wait for me.
Capt.fantastic From United States of America, joined Aug 1999, 659 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3771 times:
The cockpit transcript of this crash is very disturbing to read. All crashes are horrific tragedies, but this one is particularly chilling. I've listened to the ATC audio and to hear the captain say "This is it" is extremely frightening. Before taht he said "We're going down, this is PSA" Very sad.
Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 40 Reply 3, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 3702 times:
I was in high school up in Claremont when the crash occurred. I had recently completed a summer high school occupation program with PSA at ONT.
Sad, sad day. And, yes, the transcript was very chilling. The audio is on the internet somewhere.
Tom at MSY
"The criminal ineptitude makes you furious"-Bruce Springsteen, after seeing firsthand the damage from Hurricane Katrina
Clrd2go From United States of America, joined Feb 2003, 1000 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 3665 times:
quite chilling, indeed.."I love you mama" was another comment on the tape,
as I recall.
TransGlobal2 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 88 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 3630 times:
"Ma, I love you" was attributed to the first officer. Chilling and heartbreaking at the same time.
GSPSPOT From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 2756 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 3600 times:
I remember the pictures on magazines of the plane on fire heading down..... The most horrible pictures I'd ever seen until 9/11/01....
Clrd2go From United States of America, joined Feb 2003, 1000 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 3579 times:
N844AA From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1352 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 3561 times:
Hard to believe that was the deadliest air accident on U.S. soil at the time. I guess it would only take a year before that AA DC-10 in Chicago nearly doubled the toll.
A terribly sad occurence. Those pictures of the crash site defy belief, it looks like something right out of hell, which in a way I suppose is exactly what it was.
New airplanes, new employees, low fares, all touchy-feely ... all of them are losers. -Gordon Bethune
727LOVER From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5769 posts, RR: 20 Reply 9, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 3496 times:
Psa53 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3006 posts, RR: 4 Reply 10, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 3446 times:
My sister and brother-in-law,at the time,
lived in a apartment, just a few blocks
from the crash site. What a "War Zone"
they said.I pass my prayers to the souls
affected and to people who lost love
ones.May God give you strength! Continue!
Thanks
Clrd2go From United States of America, joined Feb 2003, 1000 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 3369 times:
Everytime I look at the picture, I try to imagine what was going on in the
passenger cabin at that moment.
JBirdAV8r From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 4459 posts, RR: 22 Reply 12, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3341 times:
727LOVER,
I don't think it was spinning, just in a right descending dive (increasing bank of course). A big chunk of the right wing was taken out...along with the high-lift devices. In a nutshell, the left wing was producing a LOT more lift than the right, and there was nothing the pilots could do. If you look closely you can see full up elevator and full left aileron, indicating that they were trying to recover--but it was pointless in the long run.
That picture IS a chilling one...I still think it's even a bit more chilling than the 9/11 impact pictures. The one with the housetop in it really gets to me.
Copaair737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3289 times:
What a gruesome tale. I wasnt around back then, but it is probably like the time i was in GUM when the KE 747 smashed into nimitz hill, lemme tell you, that was really gruesome. burning bodies and everything.
UPSfueler From United States of America, joined May 2003, 430 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3259 times:
Always sad and horrific when a plane goes down. If im gonna go though thats how I wana go. Doing something I love.
Wilcharl From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1158 posts, RR: 3 Reply 16, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3156 times:
25 years ago today I was born... Perhaps this is why I am in the aviation safety business...
Kjet12 From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 975 posts, RR: 8 Reply 17, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3143 times:
My dad's best friend's brother died on the PSA flight. It was really a sad day! My thoughts and prayers go out to all who were affected that sad day. God rest their souls.
Lindy field From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 3073 posts, RR: 15 Reply 18, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3111 times:
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I was living in San Diego at the time, and was just shy of turning five years old. I was already really into planes and the crash was a very memorable event of my childhood. I remember the photos plastered on the front pages of the newspapers... and becoming very afraid that I would see a plane crash while at the airport.
Lax From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 2290 posts, RR: 3 Reply 19, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 2947 times:
I'm seemingly constantly dreaming of plane crashes. Anybody else dream about witnessing aircraft going down right before your eyes?
I have two varieties of these odd dreams ....
1.) I'm thinking to myself while watching a plane going overhead: "That plane doesn't sound right. It's going down." It then proceeds to crash in a field out of my view, with just the ensuing explosion/fire visible.
2.) I actually watch the jet spinning out of control and crashing into the ground.
I've even had dreams of jetliners crashing directly into my house, with a scramble for survival following (successfully). Weird indeed.
Any psychiatrists amongst us that can explain my penchant for disaster in dreams?
Lindy field From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 3073 posts, RR: 15 Reply 20, posted (9 years 8 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 2876 times:
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Yeah, I've had a lot of plane crash dreams, but I'm usually watching the crash rather than being on the aircraft. A spotter's nightmare, I guess.
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