I saw the NWA crash in MSP

[mnalpha]

here is what i know and saw, please remember this is just first hand some of these staements could/will be wrong. Please update with more info....

Flying into MSP today from OMA we where on the approach and had to do a couple s turns so the NWA dc-9 could get more space because of a hyd prob. Landed followed the dc-9 in. Looked out the left side of the AC and saw the dc-9 crash into airbus319, in the rain, peps doing the evac on the slides etc.. ensued. The story I got from the crew flying my flight said that the dc-9 lost hyd and got some resid press (enough to stop) continued to the gate, no brakes and hit the airbus. The airbus's wing went through the cockpit and spiled jet-a on the crew and there were broken ribs. Thats all I got. any more/better info/corrections to my post please apply. Hope those guys/gals are OK

 

[Tip Tank]

Pictures:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5396703.html

 

[sandman2122]

There's one early DC-9 candidate for the desert. Glad no one was seriously hurt.

 

[TinGoose1]

Just so that I'm clear on this, the pilot had a hydraulic failure in-flight and continued to the gate after the landing?

 

[bafanguy]

Well, we'd need a lot more details to know how it happened. There are two independent hyd systems with no fluid interchange on the DC9 series ( unless the -50's are different...I think this was a -50 ? ) so the loss of one system doesn't result in the complete loss of steering or brakes. Can't speak for the -50's, but the -30's have a brake selector with L-BOTH-R positions. It's conceiveable that mismanangement of this selector could leave you with steering but without brakes...still very unlikely this happened.


The loss of one hyd system is not a big deal in the -9 like it is in other airplanes. If he'd lost both systems in flight ( very unlikely ), he'd not have been able to get off the runway.

It won't take 'em long to figure out what REALLY happened.

 

[V-STALL]

How many times must we tell the Pax to remain seated WITH their seatbelts on! You just never know.......

 

[cforst513]

Jet-A spilled on the pilots? how bad of a chemical burn would they get from that?

 

[VampyreGTX]

Jet-A spilled on the pilots? how bad of a chemical burn would they get from that?

None, I've had jet-A spilled on me once while fueling my last week as a ramp rat. Made it through 7 months without a drop of fuel leaking onto me and with 3 days left, I got drenched!

 

[64II]

How many times must we tell the Pax to remain seated WITH their seatbelts on! You just never know.......

I was thinking the same thing! If anyone did "pop" their seatbelt early, they probably won't do that again......although I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[jetexas]

I can just imagine a businessman, cell phone in one hand, digging for his bag in the overhead bin then...whoa, uh oh...airbus!