Air France A-340 down in YYZ

[YourNameHere]

Luftansa, I think.

 

[schmooze]

Lufthansa down in YYZ

Wondering if anyone has any additional info on the Lufthansa jet that just skidded off of the runway in Toronto and burst into flames? The new report says that it was supposedly a 737 with 200 pax on board. I'm watching this on CNN right now and visibility isn't that great. Has anyone heard anything else?

 

[lowecur]

They said it's an A340 from Air France. It's supposedly on fire. Let's hope everyone got out.

 

[YNGAirport]

CNN Is saying its a 737 with 200 passengers which is wrong. Its an A330. Lufthansa.

Skidded of runway into a ravine. TUNE TO CNN Now! Live video and you can see this big fire from the aircraft.

 

[YNGAirport]

NOW ITS AN AIR FRANCE JET..

It was going to land it hit major problems..

 

[banned username 2]

METAR
SPECI CYYZ 022020Z 34024G33KT 3SM +TSRA FEW015 OVC040TCU 23/ RMK
SF2TCU6 CB ASOCTD


TAF
TAF CYYZ 022039Z 022118 30015G25KT P6SM BKN040 TEMPO 2122 1SM TSRA
BKN020CB FM2200Z 32010KT P6SM BKN040 TEMPO 2224 5SM -SHRA BR
PROB30 2224 2SM TSRA BKN020CB FM0000Z VRB03KT P6SM BKN030 PROB30
0812 1SM BR RMK NXT FCST BY 00Z

PIREP
YZ
UUA /OV CYYZ 330012 /TM 2036 /FLUNKN /RM
PILOT ON GROUND BRAMPTON REPORTS MICROBURST ACTIVITY WITH
CLASSICAL RAINSHAFT SPREADING AT GROUND, ROTATION IN RAGGED
CEILING IN CB'S AND STRONG GUST FRONT
YZ
UUA /OV CNC3 /TM 2032 /FLUNKN /RM
PILOT ON GROUND REPORTS MICROBURST ACTIVITY WITH CLASSICAL
RAINSHAFT SPREADING AT GROUND, ROTATION IN RAGGED CEILING IN CB'S
AND STRONG GUST FRONT
YZ
UA /OV CNL3 000000 /TM 1949 /FL015 /TP L8 /TB LGT-MDT /RM
SFC WND 22015G20KT VSBY 10+

DATIS

Departure Report
V2000CYYZ ATIS INFO V 2000Z.
29011KT 4SM +TSRA BKN051TCU BKN140 23/22 A3002
SIGMET K1 VALID TIL 2315. WTN 20 NM OF LN 20 W BUFFALO - 50 SW MUSKOKA, BKN LN TS OBSD ON RDR/SAT PIX/LTNG DTCTR. MAX TOPS 440. LN QS. WKNG NR 00Z.
DUE TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL ASSIGN LANDING RUNWAY.
DEPARTURE RUNWAY WILL BE ASSIGNED BY ATC.

MONITOR 133.1 FOR NOTAM UNAVAILABLE BY DATA LINK.
INFORM CYYZ ATC ATIS V.

Arrival Report
V2000CYYZ ATIS INFO V 2000Z.
29011KT 4SM +TSRA BKN051TCU BKN140 23/22 A3002
SIGMET K1 VALID TIL 2315. WTN 20 NM OF LN 20 W BUFFALO - 50 SW MUSKOKA, BKN LN TS OBSD ON RDR/SAT PIX/LTNG DTCTR. MAX TOPS 440. LN QS. WKNG NR 00Z.
DUE TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL ASSIGN LANDING RUNWAY.
DEPARTURE RUNWAY WILL BE ASSIGNED BY ATC.

MONITOR 133.1 FOR NOTAM UNAVAILABLE BY DATA LINK.
INFORM CYYZ ATC ATIS V.

 

[jetexas]

Fox news is saying it's Air France. 200 people on board..can't be a 737.

 

[T-REX]

now its an Air France 737....riiiiiiiiiiggght.

 

[Tripower455]

I hope the pax/crew got out before the news crews got there..... From the pictures, it doesn't look like much is left of the fuse, but it was a pretty bad feed.... Press conference at 1700 EST.......

 

[YNGAirport]

AP: AIR FRANCE A340 Jetliner from France to Toronto..

On its approach just before landing it hit major turbulence and may have hit the runway and skid off into a ravine.

 

[VampyreGTX]

Air France overruns runway in Toronto, fuselage is on fire.

Passenger jet in flames at Toronto airport
Air France jet skids off runway at Pearson airport; no word on injuries

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BREAKING NEWS[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]MSNBC staff and news service reports[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Updated: 4:43 p.m. ET Aug. 2, 2005[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]TORONTO - A plane was on fire after apparently running off the runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, CP-24 Television said Tuesday. [/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The television showed pictures of flames and smoke from the fuselage of the jet, apparently a large, wide-body jet. CNN said it appeared that there were 200 people aboard. [/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Black smoke billowed from the wreckage as the aircraft burned.

Severe thunderstorms were reported in the area, as well as a heavy downpour at the time the jet left the runway.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“This would appear to be a very serious accident,” said Paul McCarthy, a former airline pilot, speaking Tuesday with MSNBC Cable's Chris Jansing. "The rain may cause great directional problems.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]There was no immediate word on casualties. [/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Police said the plane was an Air France passenger jet that was trying to land when it ran into trouble. [/font]


[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]© 2005 MSNBC.com[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8801092/[/font]

 

[BlackPilot628]

Just Announced, Air France Flight 358 and A340

 

[NHaviator]

hmm

Air France A340 inbound from Paris, nearly full apparently.

 

[350DRIVER]

Air France Jet crashes

Any news or links to the Air France A-340 crash that happened a short time ago in CYYZ during the landing?. Anyone listening to Miles O'brien on CNN?. What a piece of work....

 

[homerjdispatch]

looks like an AF A340

 

[ms6073]

Foxnews: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164534,00.html
BBC (has image): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4740381.stm

 

[trip]

Tune to CNN and listen to Miles speculate? I think I'm going to puke now.

 

[P-Dawg_QX]

MSNBC is saying there are reports of survivors walking away from the crash. Good news.

 

[DAS at 10/250]

Watching it right now...


God help them all.

 

[schmooze]

The eerie thing about this, is that today is the anniversary of the 1985 Delta L-1011 crash in DFW. Close to the same scenario with the thunderstorms and windshear. Kind of ironic.