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, 3804 posts, RR: 65 Reply 8, posted (8 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 10239 times:
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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, 117 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (8 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 9253 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 today!, posts, RR: Reply 16, posted (8 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 9088 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 United States, joined Nov 2007, 720 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (8 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 8912 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!
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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, 173 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (8 months 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 7737 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.
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