Air France A-340 down in YYZ

[350DRIVER]

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

That is indeed good news, the live feed does not look overly good but hopefully majority can walk away from this one even though it appears to be a rather large fire. May God bless all who were onboard.

 

[Tripower455]

FNC said that the pilots and some pax survived......

 

[VampyreGTX]

Holy CRAP! I'm watching the live video on MSNBC.com and there was just an explosion. Probably a fuel tank igniting? It was a nice bright flash and a fireball, almost as big as the column of smoke. This is surreal.

It's also crazy seeing all the cars on the side of the road watching.

 

[J32driver]

Jebus reporters say stupid crap. "The pilot and copilot are alive and being interviewed... we don't know if they have left the plane yet... but they are alive" this while pictures of a billowing smokey wreck is burning a hole in a ditch.

No dumba$$... they hauled the investigators into the flaming wreckage to have a conversation with the crew.

 

[P-Dawg_QX]

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.

Wow...20 years to the day? That is kinda freaky.

 

[350DRIVER]

20 years to the exact day that the Delta L-10 crashed due to windshear while trying to land at DFW.

 

[learflyer]

i'd like to know what the wx was upon landing........

 

[transpondersoff]

The media on CNN is speculating as usual. It could be a microburst, get there itis (sic), landing in a tailwind. I am waiting for them to say terrorist. They are speculating windshear and discussing the simularities of the Delta Dallas crash.

 

[jarhead]

Airbus A-340 four engine ac

 

[flyboy]

seems that i also saw something today about an American MD80 in DFW that had a bunch of fire trucks around it. Smoke in the cockpit I think.

 

[cbrown1]

They've already started blaming the pilots, because you know when a plane crashes its always the pilots fault.

 

[transpondersoff]

BTW that smoke is such a pretty black and the flame is a pretty orange.

 

[cbrown1]

The media on CNN is speculating as usual. It could be a microburst, get there itis (sic), landing in a tailwind. I am waiting for them to say terrorist. They are speculating windshear and discussing the simularities of the Delta Dallas crash.

Hey, its a slow news day. This is like sex for the media.

 

[User546]

"The wings don't know how fast your going across the ground, they only know how fast your going thru the air."

Anyone catch that doozy of an explanation?

 

[jarhead]

i'd like to know what the wx was upon landing........

Heavy rain and much lightning.

 

[flyboy]

they are also saying that witnesses reported seeing "steam or smoke" coming from the back of the a/c after landing................DUH!!! IT'S POORING DOWN RAIN!!!!!!!!!! Look behind a car sometime while it's driving in the rain! It really is a comic affair with the media when there's something up with aviation.

 

[cforst513]

direct quote from foxnews:

"yes, the aircraft is an airbus A340-300 with 291 aboard which is, as i'm aware, more than the plane can carry"

how is that possible? are people standing in the aisles? i wonder if they get half-off their tieckets....

 

[cforst513]

they're talking about a windshear maybe bringing it down or else forcing it off the runway. no news yet on fatalities but both pilots lived. maybe they'll be able to shed a lot of light on it.

 

[MVSW]

direct quote from foxnews:

"yes, the aircraft is an airbus A340-300 with 291 aboard which is, as i'm aware, more than the plane can carry"

how is that possible? are people standing in the aisles? i wonder if they get half-off their tieckets....

A340-300 seats 295

 

[OneBadLT123]

I love the job and explinations of Wolf Blitzer and Miles Obrien. They are the true experts my friends.