FriendlySkies From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 4015 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 4767 times:
Based on the capacities I'm guessing a 735 and an A319?
Jtamu97 From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 655 posts, RR: 2 Reply 2, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 4720 times:
Found this in another article from ABC 7 Chicago:
"United Flight 672, a Boeing 737, was headed to New York's LaGuardia Airport with 110 passengers on board and United Flight 732, an Airbus 320, was headed to Dulles International Airport in Virginia carrying 96 passengers."
MEACEDAR From Lebanon, joined Oct 2006, 751 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 4720 times:
Quoting FriendlySkies (Reply 1): Based on the capacities I'm guessing a 735 and an A319?
Quoting Jtamu97 (Reply 2): "United Flight 672, a Boeing 737, was headed to New York's LaGuardia Airport with 110 passengers on board and United Flight 732, an Airbus 320, was headed to Dulles International Airport in Virginia carrying 96 passengers."
Csturdiv From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1354 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 3763 times:
Visibility is still bad in some parts. Did you see any of the fog bowl on ESPN2 between Northern Illinois and Toledo? While driving home from the northern suburbs, the fog was getting thicker as I was heading out towards the edges of Kane and Cook counties.
RJ777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 1490 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 2179 times:
Man, what is it with these planes crashing into each other ON THE GROUND of all places!
EMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9292 posts, RR: 12 Reply 9, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 2163 times:
Quoting RJ777 (Reply 8): Man, what is it with these planes crashing into each other ON THE GROUND of all places!
It happens ALL THE TIME. It's just a slow news day now that the elections are over.
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog"
F9Animal From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4745 posts, RR: 29 Reply 10, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 2063 times:
Quoting RJ777 (Reply 8): Man, what is it with these planes crashing into each other ON THE GROUND of all places!
At least it was not in the air!!!! Visibility and ground taxi is a mother of all evils. It has to be difficult to manuever an aircraft on the ground with low visibility. I have a hard enough time driving in fog in my 4 door car. I could not imagine trying to taxi an aircraft that is about 400 times the size of my car.
TrijetsRMissed From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2102 posts, RR: 6 Reply 11, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 2000 times:
Quoting RJ777 (Reply 8): Man, what is it with these planes crashing into each other ON THE GROUND of all places!
Hey don't forget, the worst airline disaster in history happened on the ground..
Tozairport From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 670 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1895 times:
Quoting TrijetsRMissed (Reply 11): Hey don't forget, the worst airline disaster in history happened on the ground..
One was on the ground (Pan Am) and one was in the air (KLM). TOTALLY different situation and not even in the realm of reasonability to compare the two, IMHO...
EMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9292 posts, RR: 12 Reply 13, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1755 times:
Quoting Tozairport (Reply 12): One was on the ground (Pan Am) and one was in the air (KLM).
Now that is splitting hairs....!! OK, the KLM jet was attempting to take off and never really got airborne.
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog"
TrijetsRMissed From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2102 posts, RR: 6 Reply 14, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 1542 times:
Quoting EMBQA (Reply 13): Quoting Tozairport (Reply 12):
One was on the ground (Pan Am) and one was in the air (KLM).
Now that is splitting hairs....!! OK, the KLM jet was attempting to take off and never really got airborne.
777STL From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 3055 posts, RR: 3 Reply 15, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1521 times:
Quoting EMBQA (Reply 13): Now that is splitting hairs....!! OK, the KLM jet was attempting to take off and never really got airborne.
Indeed, and the KLM jet still rotated too early in an attempt to miss the Pan Am.
FlyDreamliner From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 2759 posts, RR: 15 Reply 16, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1496 times:
Quoting F9Animal (Reply 10): At least it was not in the air!!!! Visibility and ground taxi is a mother of all evils. It has to be difficult to manuever an aircraft on the ground with low visibility. I have a hard enough time driving in fog in my 4 door car. I could not imagine trying to taxi an aircraft that is about 400 times the size of my car.
Hey, just trying to taxi a piper can by trying enough in a small airport, an A320 or much less a widebody has to be a uniquely trying experience.
Quoting TrijetsRMissed (Reply 11): Hey don't forget, the worst airline disaster in history happened on the ground..
The KLM 747 was actually airborne when it struck the PanAm 747.
Quoting 777STL (Reply 15): Indeed, and the KLM jet still rotated too early in an attempt to miss the Pan Am.
The KLM almost made it too..... he had just taken on extra fuel, had he not, he might have been able to clear the panam.
"Let the world change you, and you can change the world"
TrijetsRMissed From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2102 posts, RR: 6 Reply 17, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1473 times:
Quoting FlyDreamliner (Reply 16): The KLM 747 was actually airborne when it struck the PanAm 747.
It scrapped its empennage just trying to rotate, so in essence it was damaged before it hit Pan Am. Believe what you want, the jet never got 100ft off the ground. The NTSB report sites the crash a collison on a runway, last time I checked runways were on the ground.
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