Last 2 minutes of flight prior to Kazakhstan plane crash-dozens killed

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Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer ERJ-190

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[JMCx4]

World's scariest airshow.

 

[JMCx4]

Most surprising headline ...
Over 30 survive Azerbaijan Embraer 190 crash in Kazakhstan: ministry

 

[Jovavic]

Most surprising headline ...
Over 30 survive Azerbaijan Embraer 190 crash in Kazakhstan: ministry

I hope the survivors fare better than the one that came out of the Lokomotiv disaster, who ended up dying a few days later

 

[JMCx4]

Evolving story ... this from Yahoo! News/The Telegraph:

Azerbaijan Airlines crash sparks speculation plane ‘accidentally shot down by Russia’​

Speculation galore ...

 

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Excellent recap here

 

[JMCx4]

All fingers now pointing to Russian forces. War is, indeed, hell.

Reuters: Russian air-defense system downed Azerbaijan plane, sources say

 

[tarheelhockey]

Those pilots deserve a HUGE amount of credit for keeping that level of control until they could make a semi-survivable landing. Pulling out of that initial dive saved dozens of lives.

 

[Stylizer1]

This is very sus.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Add two more incidents -

South Korea flight went off the track and killed nearly 200 people.

Malfunction on Air Canada Flight grounded in Halifax, no casualties but half the plane caught on fire during landing as the second wheel didn't deploy.

 

[JMCx4]

I guess the survival stats still favor air travel safety risks over the risks of driving to/from the airports. But the global aerospace industry isn't doing themselves any favors for future earnings. I'm increasingly prone to remain in North America & take my chances behind my own steering wheel.

 

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Add two more incidents -

South Korea flight went off the track and killed nearly 200 people.

a brick wall at the end of a runway seems a design flaw

 

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Excellent overview

 

[Hippasus]

I guess the survival stats still favor air travel safety risks over the risks of driving to/from the airports. But the global aerospace industry isn't doing themselves any favors for future earnings. I'm increasingly prone to remain in North America & take my chances behind my own steering wheel.

Train, bus, car, or boat for me.

 

[tarheelhockey]

a brick wall at the end of a runway seems a design flaw

The fact that even just 2 people survived that is amazing.

 

[JMCx4]

The fact that even just 2 people survived that is amazing.

Per this BBC report ...

South Korea's National Fire Agency said two members of the flight crew - a man and a woman - had survived the crash.

The man has woken up and is "fully able to communicate", according to Yonhap (News Agency), which cites the director of the Seoul hospital where he is being treated.

So there might be clues of those crew members' circumstances of survival released soon. My current speculation would be that they were strapped in for the emergency landing & their rear-facing positions (and possibly their location(s) within the structure) contributed to their better fortunes.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Per this BBC report ...


So there might be clues of those crew members' circumstances of survival released soon. My current speculation would be that they were strapped in for the emergency landing & their rear-facing positions (and possibly their location(s) within the structure) contributed to their better fortunes.

That would seem to be the only possibility, seeing as that rear portion of the fuselage was the only part that wasn’t completely disintegrated in a fireball.

 

[JoVel]

delete

 

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[tarheelhockey]

I feel like I’m missing something. Wasn’t the team plane just waiting for the jet to take off so they could cross over?

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

I feel like I’m missing something. Wasn’t the team plane just waiting for the jet to take off so they could cross over?

This is the whole event.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

and this is the Halifax one if anyone wants to see it.

 

[tarheelhockey]

This is the whole event.

Thanks. ATC sounded awfully calm considering he undoubtedly shat himself.