Godbless From Sweden, joined Apr 2000, 2751 posts, RR: 18 Posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 3047 times:
Has anyone here flown with an aircraft that later chrashed?
It must have been a strange feeling to after it chrashed say "I have been on exactly that plane".
Let us know!
Arsenal@LHR From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 7791 posts, RR: 23 Reply 1, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2866 times:
Flew on the Gulf air Airbus A320 that crashed in Bahrain. Cant remember the reg though.
ContinentalEWR From United States of America, joined May 2000, 3762 posts, RR: 15 Reply 3, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2830 times:
I flew N610UA, the United Boeing 767-200 that was crashed into the World Trade Center South Tower on September 11th. I was on this plane in August 2001,
flying from JFK to LAX.
Airsicknessbag From Germany, joined Aug 2000, 4723 posts, RR: 38 Reply 4, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2817 times:
Me, nothing that I´m aware of. But my parents flew on the Condor 747 that was later sold to Korean and shot down. And the parents of neighbours of ours flew on the LH 747 "Hessen" that crashed in Nairobi; unfortunately, they were killed in the accident.
MD88Captain From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 1287 posts, RR: 22 Reply 5, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2818 times:
I used to fly the L-1011 that was "haunted" by the ghost of the EAL Second Officer that crashed in the Everglades. Does that count?
The story is that when EAL lost its L1011 the SO was in the lower galley at impact. There reason he ended up on a DAL aircraft was due to sections/parts of the EAL 1011 being used on that DAL airplane.
I never saw the ghost, but we had many. many unexplained incidents from Pilots, FAs and Mechanics. And some FAs refused to work the lower galley on that aircraft due to the ghost. On mechanic I know tells of a Second Officer handing him a wrench. When the mechanic realized he was the only one onboard at remote parking he looked up and saw no trace of his "helper".
We used to call the ghost "Ernest Borgnine'' due to vetern actor palying the part of the EAL SO in a TV movie.
Jhooper From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 6195 posts, RR: 13 Reply 6, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2790 times:
Do general aviation aircraft count?
I've flown the following aircraft before they crashed:
FemaleFan From Germany, joined Oct 2001, 82 posts, RR: 13 Reply 7, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2778 times:
I've been on the Lauda Air 767-300 which chrashed in the jungle near Bangkok only three months later. More than 200 people were killed. I think one of the thrust reversers was activated during the flight, but it wasn't the pilot's fault. I'm so glad to be alive, because I was seven at that time and my parents considered flying on that plane that very day, but we changed our plans and went on holiday three months earlier.
Skyhawk From United States of America, joined May 2001, 1065 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2770 times:
The PanAm(former NAL) 727 that went down in Kenner,La in 1982 from a windshear. She happened to be my namesake from the NAL days. The NAL plane that went into Pensacola Bay(pilot error). The most well known, Clipper Maid of the Seas, N739PA, Lockerbie.
Pecoua From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 298 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 2742 times:
Fanofjets From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 1894 posts, RR: 3 Reply 11, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2719 times:
I flew on G-AVPB, a British Airtours Boeing 707-336C. "Pretty Boy" crashed in Mombasa, Kenya, on an Air Memphis freight flight in 1998.
Fritzi From United Arab Emirates, joined Jun 2001, 2762 posts, RR: 2 Reply 13, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2691 times:
I was onboard the SAS MD87 SE-DMA in april 2001 CPH-VIE.
SUDDEN From Sweden, joined Jul 2001, 4127 posts, RR: 6 Reply 14, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2684 times:
I was on the AN124 that crached in Russia. I did never fly with it, but I loaded it, and also talked alot to the same crew that happend to be on it when it crached.
Andreas From Germany, joined Oct 2001, 6104 posts, RR: 34 Reply 15, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2681 times:
China Airlines, A 300 B4, in January 1994, on the first leg of its SIN-HKG-TPE flight. Registration B-1816. It crashed 3 months later during short finals in Nagoya, killing 264 people from 271 aboard. I seem to recall from the news, the pilot was drunk!
Accidentally From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 636 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2644 times:
The first 152 I took lessons in was really damaged to the point of write off... Nobody was killed or even injured as far as I know. (N4662Q)
Richcandy From France, joined Aug 2001, 696 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2633 times:
Hi
I am not 100% sure that I have flown on an aircraft that later crashed, but in 1998 we flew to Sydney with
Singapore airlines. Two of the sectors London-Singapore and Sydney - Singapore were on one of the
Tropical aircraft.
ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3805 posts, RR: 2 Reply 19, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2628 times:
In 1988 I flew aboard a United Airlines DC-10, N1819U, which crashed a year later in Sioux City, Iowa. The flight I was aboard was UA 106 from LAX-ORD, as the first leg of a return to Manchester, NH after a business trip.
The chilling thing is that the cause of the crash less than a year later was a fan disk problem in the #2 engine...a failure that was there even on the day I was aboard her.
Md-11er From Belgium, joined Nov 2001, 201 posts, RR: 3 Reply 20, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2616 times:
I flew on the Sabena A332 that was taken under attack in Monrovia and also on the Sabena A343 F-OHPZ that was later sold to Srilankan 4R-ADD and taken under attack at Comobo Airport
VirginFlyer From New Zealand, joined Sep 2000, 4502 posts, RR: 50 Reply 21, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 2567 times:
I flew twice on the Air Caledonie International Caravelle F-GEPC. This aircraft, registered as HX-4029 and under the control of drug smugglers, made a hard landing in a Mexican desert on November 4 1995. The aircraft may or may not have been salvageable, however, the Mexican military cut the wings off and buried the fuselage in sand.
V/F
"So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth." - Bahá'u'lláh
Pacificflyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 382 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2517 times:
I flew on the Thai Airways A310 many times before it crashed at kathmandu in 1992 and also the other Thai Airways Airbus that crashed in Surat Thani later in 1997 i think?
Crank From Canada, joined exactly 12 years ago today! , 1556 posts, RR: 3 Reply 23, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2502 times:
I flew the AA A300 N14053 back in 1997, and I have also been on an aircraft after it crashed, that's right, I flew C-GAUN in march of 1997 and had the jumpseat for landing
CPDC10-30 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2000, 4759 posts, RR: 26 Reply 24, posted (11 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2509 times:
If you can't remember the reg, how the fark can you know that you were on the aircraft that crashed??? Thats nonsense.
25 PSU_DTW_SCE: I was N644AA, the AA 757 that hit the Pentagon on 9/11. I flew it on 12/23/00 from ORD-EGE (Chicago-Vail). We had a problem with the APU on the ground
26 SWA TPA: I flew in the Cessna that just crashed into the Tampa building. We flew in it this summer. N2371N
27 PizzaPolli: I flew on the United 767 200 N612UA that crashed into the Trade Center. I flew it on August 1, 2001 from IAD-SFO and sat in seat 1B. It was so creepy
28 Inbound: C-FCNU Beachcraft TravelAir (Beach 95) Based at Perimeter Flight Training Academy, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. Crashed around mid September 2001. a few
29 Kjet12: I was on N644AA the 757 that hit the pentagon in August of 2001. Kinda freaky!
30 SK907: I January 1998 I flew on Kenya Airways A310 (5Y-BEN) AMS-NBO. The aircraft crashed January 2000 shortly after take of from Abidjan, Ivory Coast. SK 9
31 Skyguy11: Jhooper are you bad luck or something?!? And MD88Captain: That's really awsome! Any more reports of the unexplained?
32 Mandala499: The one etched in my memory: 9V-SPK, flew the plane in Sept 2000, shortly before it crashed. Sat with a friend whose relative is an SQ stewardess, we
33 757man: I flew on Britannia Airways B757-200 G-BYAG, Birmingham, England to Mahon in the Spanish Balearic Islands during the summer of 1999. Only a couple of
34 Victech: Me, personally, none that I know of. Do flight numbers count? I had a prof. of mine that flew on TWA800 precisely 7 days before the fatal accident (he
35 AFC_ajax00: I flew on the Singapore Airlines 747-412 9V-SPK on a JFK-SIN in 1997 I believe
36 717fan: Back in 1977 I flew on SATA's Caravelle from ZRH to LGW. This exact aircarft crashed a few months later near Madeira (Portugal) in to the sea...with a
37 Kaitak: July 1989, BOS-JFK, flew on N93119, TWA 747-100 which later crashed off Long Island. Lousy landing.
38 FSPilot747: I am not 100% sure, but I am more than 90% sure I flew on the United 757 that crashed into the World Trade Center. I recognized the reg. number when I
39 BlueJet: I flew on the AA A300 that crashed in Queens...scary...there was a rudder technicality when i was on it (march 2001)
40 Mike_Steffen: I flew to ORD on HB-IWF (SR MD-11) a few months before its crash near Halifax Mike
41 ContinentalEWR: I stand corrected. It was N612UA that I flew on from JFK to LAX in August, just prior to the events of 9/11. I flew back to JFK on N610UA. N612UA is t
42 Citation501sp: About ten years ago I flew with my Father and brother in a Piper Arrow N**88X, I can't remeber the first to number but my brother flew all of us back
43 Tango-Bravo: N726DA - Delta L-1011 In April, 1983, my wife and I flew ORD-ATL on this aircraft. On 2 Aug 1985, the same plane crashed on approach to DFW, the cause
44 KAL_LM: HL7373, Korean Air Cargo MD-11F which crashed in SHA 1998(?), had been at our station exactly 1 week before, my old boss had a picture of himself and
45 Jwenting: I have crashed... It was only a glider, but still...
46 The777Man: My first flight on a UA 767 was on N612UA. I flew on it in Jun95 and it was crashed into the WTC on 11Sep01. God Bless those people on that plane and
47 NG737PSR: I've worked on four Britannia aircraft which later crashed. B737-204s ex G-BGYL which crashed early 1990s in Panama while on lease to COPA, also flew
48 Speedbird244: I have flown on a VARIG 737-200 that later crashed in some jungle in Brazil in 1989. I never knew I had until I saw some pics I had taken on a flight
49 Swissgabe: Crossair - HB-IXM Avro100 on ZRH-BSL flt as SR3972 on 06 March 99 which crashed while landing at ZRH on 24 November 2001...
50 LMML 14/32: I flew on B727 OB1303 that crashed in the North Atlantic on the delivery flight at the end of a summer lease with AirMalta. The cause was put down to
51 Hustler: I flew on n14053 in October 2001. On 11/12/01 it crashed with my aunt and others on board. All were killed. ...Hustler.
52 SJCguy: I was on Alaska Airlines N963AS numerous times. Working for AS, I flew quite a bit, I have pictures of the plane and everything. Now I work at SW, we
53 Astrojet: I flew on the Binter CN235 that later crashed in Malaga.
54 NRA-3B: According to my airline flight log, I flew on N591UA, the 757-222 that went down in Pennsylvania. The date was July 13,2001 and the flight was UA 106
55 Prebennorholm: Probably up to five times. It began with my first jump into the air in A Lehrmeister two seat glider in 1957 or 1958. I was bent beyond repair in a ha
56 ILS: I was on a Hawaiian DC-9-50 in August that suffered strucural damage in an emergency landing in 1997 at HNL.
57 Sunilgupta: I've been on two Air India 747-200's that were later lost. One in the Atlantic and one in the Arabian Sea :-( The ship names were Emperor Ashoka and E
58 Crosswind: In 1989 I flew to Faro on Orion Airways' B737-300, G-BLKB. It's a well known aircraft for 2 reasons; - It was the first B737-300 in Europe - It later
59 Chiawei: I flew on B-150 that crashed in CLK couple years ago. The flight was from SFO to TPE in 1994, right after the Nagoya crash. We were upgraded from econ
60 Airportmanager: I flew a couple times on a TAME 727-230 with registration HC-BSU. This plane used to belong to Lufthansa (D-ABKS). Lufthansa rented these planes to TA
61 GARUDAROD: I have been on N739PA Clipper Maid of the Seas that was blown out of the sky in Lockerbie, and GARUDA DC10-30 PK-GIE that crashed on takeoff from Fuku
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