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Kapitan_Phillips
02-13-09, 01:03 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090213/ap_on_re_us/plane_into_home

Christ :dead:
A Very Super Market
02-13-09, 01:17 AM
Is it just me, or does Buffalo have a disproportionate number of aircraft crashes? :-?
Enigma
02-13-09, 02:50 AM
49 dead. :nope::cry:
Dowly
02-13-09, 03:07 AM
:nope:
HunterICX
02-13-09, 04:19 AM
:nope: a horrible accident...

HunterICX
SteamWake
02-13-09, 10:31 AM
Is it just me, or does Buffalo have a disproportionate number of aircraft crashes? :-?

Its a very busy air corridor.

Just heard about this, its very sad. I spend alot of time on these types of flights.

A couple of times the pilots have either left the cabin door open or there just behind a curtain..

Im not implying anything but it is something to think about.
Enigma
02-13-09, 11:02 AM
:timeout::doh:
Syxx_Killer
02-13-09, 11:21 AM
It is really a shame. We have all been kind of "spoiled" by the Hudson River miracle. Up until the now that was about all I heard on the news was something else about Sully. This crash almost feels like a sucker punch. The news has been playing some recordings over and over and it appears so far that there didn't seem to be any problem. The pilot didn't seem alarmed or indicated anything was wrong.
SteamWake
02-13-09, 11:46 AM
Hrm... turns out this type of aircraft Bombardier Q400 has a somewhat dubious past.

In fact a swedish airline SAS grounded their fleet.. permanatly.

http://se.yhp.waymaker.net/sasgroup/release.asp?id=155746
GoldenRivet
02-13-09, 01:20 PM
I have heard that a lot of "high wing" turbo prop designs like the ATR and the Q400 favor warm flying weather and dont do well in ice.

I have a couple of thousand hours on the SAAB 340 though... that thing is a flying Popsicle... i have proven that a number of times :o

the only safe ice on an airplane is the ice in the flight attendant's galley cart.

terrible accident
Enigma
02-13-09, 03:25 PM
Planes landing shortly after the accident report rime ice, too. We'll have to wait and see...

In other news, I just heard a radio news report about "the jet" that crashed in Buffalo....
Enigma
02-13-09, 03:34 PM
Hrm... turns out this type of aircraft Bombardier Q400 has a somewhat dubious past.

In fact a swedish airline SAS grounded their fleet.. permanatly.

This was due in large part to a series of landing gear failures/incidents. The only other fatal flight accident with this aircraft that I'm aware of was over 15 years ago. While your not far from the truth in suggesting a "dubious past", as the landing gear issues did produce major head aches for Bombardier, and groundings for carriers, so far the flight record has been pretty good.....

Again, we'll have to wait and see. :06:
OneToughHerring
02-13-09, 03:35 PM
Btw, is this the same Bombardier-company that used to make snowmobiles and snow coaches? I kinda like the old style snow coaches, they used those to deliver mail up in the very north of Finland back in the -70's when the roads were all clogged up with snow. Example. (http://k43.pbase.com/o4/07/562407/1/56518392.IMG_17141.jpg)
Etienne
02-13-09, 11:54 PM
Btw, is this the same Bombardier-company that used to make snowmobiles and snow coaches? I kinda like the old style snow coaches, they used those to deliver mail up in the very north of Finland back in the -70's when the roads were all clogged up with snow. Example. (http://k43.pbase.com/o4/07/562407/1/56518392.IMG_17141.jpg)

Yeah, same guys. AFAIK, they still make snowmobiles and Sea-Doo, but I'm not a hundred percent sure.

They make train wagons and stuff like that, as well.