Check out this fake photo

JuniorSpotter · Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:59 pm

I've done a search and haven't found anything. Whoever jumps me will get their head bitten off. Big grin

Did this really happen, or are we talking about someone who's a b*tch with PS?

Cheers!
Danny

Springbok747 · Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:02 pm

Its obivously a fake..

Starlionblue · Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:03 pm

Danny,

There was a thread about this a while back and it was concluded this was a fake. If nothing else, it seems unlikely the flames would extend forward of the engine at that speed.

TG992 · Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:05 pm

Snopes is your friend.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/fire01.asp

A blazing engine fire may be one of the most frightening sights one could experience on board an airliner, but the scariest thing about this photograph is what a poor job someone did of editing it.

JuniorSpotter · Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:10 pm

That's what I thought. I found a lot of other photos and movies at http://www.micom.net/oops, and most of them are well known to us. Check 'em out. Pretty cool stuff.

Cheers!
Danny

NWFltAttendant · Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:53 pm

Seems like crap to me... the B777 is at such a speed at that phase of takeoff to where the flame isn't going to reach to far forward... seems as if you're assessment of this photo is correct

Catatonic · Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:12 pm

It was definately a fake cos the other thread showed the original picture without flames

gkirk · Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:20 pm

242 · Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:07 am

No flames in the reflection of the #1 engine on the foreward fuselage.

Fake.

Whoever modified the photo hasn't a clue how a high bypass turbofan engine works and probably has never seen a real engine fire before. Flames do not penetrate the bypass duct.

corey07850 · Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:40 am

I love how everyone is analyzing the angle of the flames and how engines work et c etc...

Just look at it!! It's so obvious that it's a fake

Convair990 · Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:41 am

Whoever doctored that photo has some MAJOR issues......enough said.....

A319114 · Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:51 am

The original is actually in the database

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Photo © Florian Kondziela

srbmod · Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:12 am

Whoever doctored that photo has some MAJOR issues......enough said.....

I know the guy who did that photoshop (he's a member of the forums at some other aviation websites, and also has a site as well), he's very good at photoshopping stuff. The last time that picture made the rounds around here about a month or so ago, he was made aware of the stink some of y'all made and got quite a chuckle about it. The prevailing mood of the thread was that some of y'all here need to lighten up.

MD11LuxuryLinr · Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:17 am

That photos is SO bad, it's hilarious! The fact that you had to ask if it really happened is pretty funny too.. Laugh out loud

Tbird · Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:21 am

I too know the author and he's a well-respected aviation photography and quite frankly he probably knows more about aviation then 90% of the people on this board. I can tell you that the photo is not meant to be a joke. He showed me how he made the photo, the explosion is from a turbine blade failure test of a 777's engine. The white powder should be a clue to anyone who is familiar with the components of the engine. As Srbmod said, lighten up!

N754PR · Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:45 am

Some of you guys are way to serious.

dogfighter2111 · Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:56 am

Here is a link to the enlarged photo of the real and fake:

FAKE:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/graphics/fire1.jpg

Real:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/fire01.asp#photo

jacobin777 · Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:34 am

thats not funny....a large and possible traumatic fire on an airlane which can result in the fatality of many people is something to be taken very seriously, almost equivilent to yelling "fire" in a theater.....

also, it shows American Airlines in a bad way, to which they can definitely file a lawsuit against the author/artist for bad (not to mention false) publicity and libel

hz747300 · Fri Nov 19, 2004 2:30 pm

thats not funny....a large and possible traumatic fire on an airlane which can result in the fatality of many people is something to be taken very seriously, almost equivilent to yelling "fire" in a theater.....

also, it shows American Airlines in a bad way, to which they can definitely file a lawsuit against the author/artist for bad (not to mention false) publicity and libel

Seriously, lighten up... I think it is a great picture, and obviously a fake.

777ER · Fri Nov 19, 2004 4:56 pm

Yes that is a fake as it has been discussed several times in the last few months.

rwylie77 · Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:20 pm

American Airlines should sue his ass off for doing this. If this did the rounds on e-mail it would definitely create a negative impression of the airline.

Silver1SWA · Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:41 pm

Whoever doctored that photo has some MAJOR issues......enough said.....

And what's worse is that people actually think it's real. It has been hanging on the wall in our ramp supervisors' office and apparently they had thought it was real all this time.

HAWK21M · Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:04 pm

The Flames projecting out of the Inlet give it away.
regds
MEL

timz · Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:53 am

"I can tell you that the photo is not meant to be a joke."

What is it meant to be?

jacobin777 · Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:03 am

"Seriously, lighten up... I think it is a great picture, and obviously a fake. "

yah.its obviously a fake for people who know a bit about aviation/photography/imaging but not a fake for the vast public, and information like this can spread very rapidly..............especially if it hits the general media....

its poor humour and bad taste...

arkhem · Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:03 am

That donkey cart and FedEx DC-10 pic is really funny.