Gosh, if you read that report before watching the video you can almost believe that the plane smashed the truck at top landing speed and people went berserk inside the a/c.
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Gosh, if you read that report before watching the video you can almost believe that the plane smashed the truck at top landing speed and people went berserk inside the a/c.
"Panic gripped onlookers and passengers at the Lusaka International airport when a South African airways passenger plane hit into a stationary truck upon arrival from Johannesburg."
And it was a B737-800 and not a -700! SAA does not have -700's. The media sometimes......
ouch.... thats why I always try to look out and see if there is something in the way! problem on the MD11F is: you cannot see the wingtip from the flight deck... so I always hope she fits through
WILCO737 From Germany, joined Jun 2004, 6141 posts, RR: 90 Reply 8, posted (1 year 11 months 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 12011 times:
Quoting Radialman (Reply 7): And the pilot just keeps on taxing along.Would have thought that he would stop and investigate
Yeah, thats what I thought as well! I am pretty sure you felt it how the wingtip hit the truck... but who knows what they were thinking there up front...
FAEDC3 From Ecuador, joined Jun 2007, 124 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 11 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 11025 times:
I didn't think that the wing/winglet could be so sturdy... I mean, the hit is hard enough to tip over the truck.... and the wing does not receive a lot of damage.... impressive if you ask me
ChristianLee15 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 16, posted (1 year 11 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 10860 times:
Quoting News Report: No casualties were recorded and both airport and airline officials further refused to state the number of passengers on board citing security reasons.
And the press needed to know the number of S.O.B why? It's not as if this is an incident that particularly requires that kind of information from the press.
Jetblueguy22 From Australia, joined Nov 2007, 1044 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (1 year 11 months 1 week 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 10684 times:
Quoting ChristianLee15 (Reply 16): And the press needed to know the number of S.O.B why?
So they can go and blow it up and say out of 115 pax 45 were injured and it was a horrible accident. Come on we all know how the press likes to blow things up!
Blue
Uh...wow. 9 paragraphs to, essentially say, "No one would talk to us and we're pissed that the airport staff is following directions and not letting us get up close and personal"? And a little sensationalistic to boot -- "Panic gripped on lookers and passengers at the Lusaka International airport..."
Quoting DurangoMac (Reply 19): I'm surprised it didn't take the wing right off. Show's you how sturdy those flying machines are.
I would be more than a little concerned if such a relatively slight impact so far out on the wing took it of -- remember how much the engine hanging off that wing weighs and how much weight (passengers + bags + fuel) it's supporting when you're in the air.
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DurangoMac From United States, joined Dec 2006, 491 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (1 year 11 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 9509 times:
Quoting Lincoln (Reply 20): I would be more than a little concerned if such a relatively slight impact so far out on the wing took it of -- remember how much the engine hanging off that wing weighs and how much weight (passengers + bags + fuel) it's supporting when you're in the air.
N243NW From United States, joined Jul 2003, 999 posts, RR: 29 Reply 24, posted (1 year 11 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 8474 times:
This is quite the lucky catch...these moments are rare enough as it is, even before you take into account the fact that a passenger managed to catch it on film. Wonder if it's the fault of the pilot or the driver who parked the equipment too close to the aircraft's path.
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Whappeh From United States, joined Mar 2006, 1458 posts, RR: 1 Reply 25, posted (1 year 11 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 8426 times:
With the sheer amount of crap on that tarmac, its amazing that doesn't happen often.
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26 Vxg: Having flown out of LUN several times in the 80's I found this video interesting. From the looks of things the airport hasn't changed at all since the
27 LHR777: If you re-run the video, it appears as though the back of the truck is sticking out over the white line, by maybe 1 or 2 feet. The next truck along is
28 Jetblueguy22: I want to know what happened to that guy. If they blamed him and fired him or if they ruled it a mistake and he kept the job. Blue
29 QM001: Dear all, Unbelievable! To think that SA used to have some of the best pilots in the world. Whilst I agree that the truck was sticking out 1 or 2 mete
30 Dacman: The vehicle was obviously not parked correctly (behind the line) and being that close to the aircrafts parking spot I would think that a wing walker m
31 Mcdu: You can not see the wingtips in many of the widebody a/c. The 777 and 767 wingtips are not visible from the cockpit. If you look closely you will not
33 Vxg: I didn't want to place blame in my original reply, but now that QM001 has mentioned it I have to admit that I share that opinion as well. The pilot i
34 KELPkid: Well, it was designed in Southern California, the guy who designed the flight deck probably modeled it after the windows on the back of his house in
35 Threepoint: Well, if you look at the construction of that container, it's not as if was a heavy object it collided with. Usually when aircraft come into contact
36 Sdq777: At leat the captain could have hit the other truck as well. What the heck.
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