Air France A-340 down in YYZ

[414Flyer]

That private pilot just said controllers can see lightning on their radars.

 

[2000flyer]

Fox News is interviewing someone who just got there Private pilot license, asking for their "professional" opinion.

I had to laugh when he said "Now my experience is in much smaller aircraft, you know, four seaters, and it's a miracle that an aircraft could fly in the first place due to it's size, much less fly through such a storm!"

The interviewer ended with "that was Mr....an aviation expert from Toronto."

What a hoot!!!

2000Flyer

 

[PAPA FOX!]

Now on FNC the "expert" private pilot is saying how critical the ATC radar is. How funny. ATC is there to seperate TRAFFIC, not WX Einstein!!

 

[Tripower455]

I had to laugh when he said "Now my experience is in much smaller aircraft, you know, four seaters, and it's a miracle that the that aircraft could fly in the first place due to it's size, much less fly through such a storm!"

The interviewer ended with "that was Mr....an aviation expert from Toronto."

What a hoot!!!

2000Flyer

Well, everything is relative!

 

[OneBadLT123]

Fox News is interviewing someone who just got there Private pilot license, asking for their "professional" opinion.

Wow, that is just amazing.


Not

 

[DAS at 10/250]

Yes the media does a bad job of reporting on aviation. But what do you expect from non-aviation people? How well could most of you report on stastical analysis or bio-engineering? Yes you are the experts. You do this for a living and should be well versed in aviation. But instead of whinning on this board and sending hate emails why don't you spend your energy saying a prayer for these poor people or at least wishing them the best of luck. A lot of people lost someone they love today. Somebody's kid is dead. Somebody's dad is gone. Somebody's mother is never coming home.

Sorry for the rant but I'm tired or hearing how much the regionals suck, how underpaid you are, and how much Wolf Blitzer sucks. Lots of people are sitting at home dying inside wondering if their loved one is alive. Give the bitching a rest.

DAS

 

[User546]

That guy is an idiot!!

"When the plane encounters windshear the pilot reduces the power because of the increase in headwind......."

Yea I caught that one too! Now I have to admit I've never been hit with windshear on final before, but nothing would help an airplane at REF speed better then getting hit with a 40 KT headwind increase, and pulling the power back!

 

[wheelsup]

I thought his hand analogy was really good. I wasn't confused at all...

~wheelsup

 

[Hung Start]

I shall hold off speaking my opinion untill a true expert has something true to tell.


Any Lawyers out there????????????? Anyone?????????

 

[91100 100 set]

www.LiveATC.net has the approach frequency for CYYZ archived. Check out the tail end of the 1530-1600 and the begining of the 1600-1630 tapes. Nothing too exciting, but it's interesting. They don't seem to have archives for the local frequency, but I'm sure that would be far more interesting.

 

[YourNameHere]

MSNBC interviewing

survivors. Lots of lightning upon landing.

 

[Tripower455]

Yes the media does a bad job of reporting on aviation. But what do you expect from non-aviation people? How well could most of you report on stastical analysis or bio-engineering? Yes you are the experts. You do this for a living and should be well versed in aviation. But instead of whinning on this board and sending hate emails why don't you spend your energy saying a prayer for these poor people or at least wishing them the best of luck. A lot of people lost someone they love today. Somebody's kid is dead. Somebody's dad is gone. Somebody's mother is never coming home.

Sorry for the rant but I'm tired or hearing how much the regionals suck, how underpaid you are, and how much Wolf Blitzer sucks. Lots of people are sitting at home dying inside wondering if their loved one is alive. Give the bitching a rest.

DAS

I'd love nothing more than to hear about survivors, rather than some "professional" speculating about things he knows nothing about.......

 

[redd]

MSNBC reporting EMS worker on scene says most pax got out before flames even started, all pax and crew exited a/c.

 

[OneBadLT123]

Oh i hope and pray that the people and crew are safe, but id much rather them explain such a situation and properly educate people that do not understand how a situation like this occurs rather then give information from a "professional" with no more time then myself.

All in all, i hope that the passengers are all ok and alive. That to me is the most important concern.

 

[Flying Illini]

Glad they are reporting no deaths (as of yet, anyway). Pretty dramatic.
Why can't the news people call a retired airline pilot or something to get a person with REAL experience instead of some tard talking about stuff he knows nothing about. This only compounds the problem of the public being completely uninformed about aviation.

 

[DAS at 10/250]

CNN reporting that all crew and pax OK. If true than this is wonderful information and a big kudos to the crew for getting everybody off.

 

[OneBadLT123]

Fox news: Passenger stated aircraft accelrated after touchdown

hmm

 

[jergar999]

CNN, FNC, and MSNBC all reporting that everyone survived, making this landing a good one, although not great.

 

[Metro752]

YYZ app is ATC

He was on the ILS 24L

He was asked to reduce to 160kts

For an Air Canada Jazz jet.

After the Jazz jet is sent to the tower,

ATC asks AF358 to reduce to minimum speed

AF358 does so,

 

[Singlecoil]

This spokesman keeps talking about a "red alert". I've never heard of that in my 9000 hours, anybody else heard of that one?