RiverVisualNYC From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 930 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (9 years 3 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 3361 times:
NY Post tends to sensationalize, to say the least, but I got the Post in hard copy this AM and on the front page is a passenger's pic of fuel being dumped from the wing, and inside just a couple of pictures of passengers interviewed and what I think is a stock photo of an AA 777....It's one of those headlines that's more sensational than the actual story, in fact some passenger observed when they landed and saw the emergency vehicles they were surprised such a fuss had been made...Either way, crew got 'em down safely with minimal drama, good job I say.
SafetyDude From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3795 posts, RR: 16 Reply 3, posted (9 years 3 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 3209 times:
NY Post tends to sensationalize, to say the least, but I got the Post in hard copy this AM and on the front page is a passenger's pic of fuel being dumped from the wing, and inside just a couple of pictures of passengers interviewed and what I think is a stock photo of an AA 777
Yes, that's what the Post does. Not to mention the sub-title "Cripled Jet...Atlantic scare."
RiverVisualNYC From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 930 posts, RR: 3 Reply 4, posted (9 years 3 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 3201 times:
As an NYer, I should add for the benefit of those not from here or who haven't visited lately, since 9/11 people around here and especially the media do get a little antsy whenever there's a local story involving an airliner in trouble. Without understanding the current NYC mindset it's hard to get what the fuss is about...
SafetyDude From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3795 posts, RR: 16 Reply 5, posted (9 years 3 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 3160 times:
As an NYer, I should add for the benefit of those not from here or who haven't visited lately, since 9/11 people around here and especially the media do get a little antsy whenever there's a local story involving an airliner in trouble. Without understanding the current NYC mindset it's hard to get what the fuss is about...
Yes, that is true (I'm from NYC also ) and the NY Post does not always have "leading" stories, but rather eye-catching ones - but it was still interesting.
RiverVisualNYC From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 930 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (9 years 3 months 3 days ago) and read 3099 times:
Even I freaked a bit last week when they said that RAM flight was going to return to JFK with the guy who claimed he'd be kidnapped by Al Qaeda onboard, but in the end they had the good sense to land it up in Bangor which is not a very densely populated area!
Flyingbronco05 From United States of America, joined May 2002, 3838 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (9 years 3 months 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2802 times:
"I heard two big noises. We dropped all the fuel over the sea. You could see the fuel going out of the wing."
VSLover From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 1886 posts, RR: 24 Reply 10, posted (9 years 3 months 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2585 times:
while it is nice to see the nypost with a front page that is not directly related to martha stweart, i must say it is rather a silly sensationalization of the story. but thats why many love the post!
"Passengers gasped as they watched a stream of jet fuel shooting out of a nozzle on the wing, dropping harmlessly into the Atlantic Ocean below."
does the fuel ACTUALLY vaporize as the story later claims? because of course, i seriously DOUBT that it would ever be 'safe' in an environmental sense to dump jet fuel into the ocean, or atmosphere.
Fliboyz From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 201 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (9 years 3 months 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 2512 times:
It's like that all the time...MEDIA. Suprisingly enough they got the airplane type correct. The writer should be up for an academy award or something. It's like this kind of emergency never ever happened.
But I guess that's the job of a reporter. To be over dramatic.
InnocuousFox From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2805 posts, RR: 16 Reply 13, posted (9 years 3 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 2206 times:
And the Times was probably more concerned with the environmental damage of dumping the fuel.
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Bigphilnyc From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 4073 posts, RR: 56 Reply 14, posted (9 years 3 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1951 times:
RiverVisual put it lightly. I'll paste in what I mentioned in another thread about this incident:
Wow, the media is making this out to be a bigger problem than it is.
If I were American Airlines, I would sue the New York Post for slander. Seriously.
An engine fails and most often they will still be able to make it to land uneventfully, just like it did.
Of course maybe, the New York Post's already existing reputation for being a gossipy piece of trash might be able to make AA look the other way.
It's not a New York 9/11 thing.....it's a nmew York Post "We have nothign better to do thean get people scared" thing.
Southpaw8669 From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 141 posts, RR: 8 Reply 15, posted (9 years 3 months 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1808 times:
was anybody out at Crossbay to see this departure? Did anybody see the emergency landing?
Aa61hvy From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 13975 posts, RR: 59 Reply 16, posted (9 years 3 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 1690 times:
"As the pilot radioed in word of the trouble, emergency crews scrambled to JFK to get ready in case the plane had a rough landing - or worse."
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) and the NY Post does not always have "leading" stories, but rather eye-catching ones - but it was still interesting.
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