MetaFilter posts tagged with planecrash

Stephanie Aurora Clark Nielson returns from an almost fatal plane crash.

granted — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:16:47 -0800

On August 16, 2008, a small plane carrying a young married couple and their flight instructor crashed in the Arizona desert. Doug Kinneard, the instructor, was killed in the crash; Stephanie and Christian Nielson survived, both severely burned. Prior to the crash, Stephanie's weblog, the NieNie Dialogues, "had attracted a small but ardent following, thanks to its upbeat dispatches about marriage, home décor, entertaining and the art of raising four children ages 6 and younger." After the crash, with burns on over 80% of her body, she spent two months in a medically induced coma. One month later, she was released from the hospital (link to Stephanie's sister's blog); one month after that, she began blogging again. Stephanie's posts since then have chronicled her gradual recovery, her re-integration into her family, her love and gratitude for her husband, and, finally, on the one-year anniversary of the plane crash, herself. A note that Stephanie's Mormon faith is a prominent and recurring theme throughout her writing, so if that sort of thing bothers you...then you are going to be bothered.

Miracle on the Hudson.

gman — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:52:34 -0800

The Hudson River plane landing was reconstructed by SceneSystems.

Plane Crash In New York, Buffalo.

hadjiboy — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:22:04 -0800

Flight No. 3407 crashes in Buffalo, New York. This, after the flight that landed in the Hudson, and all the people were saved. The Plane crash on YouTube as of now.

Will it last six more months?

Potomac Avenue — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:00:06 -0800

It's been 50 years (on Tuesday) since Buddy Holly died. He still has some rabid fans who will be celebrating his life and work, but should the rest of us still care? His new collection in part consists of demos recorded in Winter of 1958 and January 1959 in an apartment in New York now stripped of the atrocious overdubbing done just after his death by Norman Petty, the same producer who badgered him on his early records into adding sweetening strings and cheesy backup vocals to his tracks, then claimed songwriting credits so his family never got the full benefit of royalties (a bitter irony for one of the first singer-songwriters who would rather play his own music than revamp covers of blues or country songs.) Some examples: Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Demo) Crying Waiting Hoping (Single Version) That'll Be The Day (Early Version ) That'll Be The Day (Later Version) Learning the Game (demo version) Learning the Game (overdubbed version) That´s What they Say (Demo Version) That´s What They Say (1960) That´s What they Say (Slightly better 1963 Version) Caught between Petty's bossiness and a label dispute (taped phone call with the president of Decca) Buddy, broke and disillusioned, went on the badly planned and underfunded Midwestern tour that killed him. Graphic Footage of Crashsite Buddy Holly remains a reminder of the high price that a musician pays for being an iconoclast in a business that rarely rewards real originality. More overdubs and rarities: Peggy Sue Got Married (Demo) Peggy Sue Got Married (Album) Words Of Love (Demo) Words Of Love (LP version) Slippin' and slidin' (Slow Version) Slippin' and slidin' (Fast Version) (overdubbed in the 60s) Down The Line (Demo #1) I'm Gonna Put My Foot Down (overdubbed in 1983) Love Is Strange (Demo) Buddy Holly And The Three Tunes - Rock Around With Ollie Vee (pre-Crickets) Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie (Demo recorded in January, 1959) Buddy at 14 years old doing Two Timin Woman

twittering disaster

sdn — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:29:44 -0800

Mike Wilson, on a continental 737 flight, twittered his plane crash almost as it happened. See his feed starting here.

Whistleblower dead in plane crash

waraw — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:59:19 -0800

One of my sources died in a plane crash last night Michael Connell, a high ranking Republican "IT Guru" who was supposedly about to come forward with damning info on Karl Rove, perished in a small-engine plane crash on Friday. He had sought protection after Rove allegedly threatened him.

Go-around power please

szechuan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:24:02 -0800

An Air New Zealand Airbus A320 crashed in the Mediterranean last week while on an acceptance testing flight at the end of a lease. The tragedy occurred on the 29th anniversary of the airline's worst disaster, the crash of sightseeing flight TE901 in the Antarctic. Beginning in 1977, the popular one-day flights took passengers on low level flights over the Ross Dependency, with experienced guides providing commentary. TE 901 flew on beautiful, clear day, and yet the DC-10 collided with the side of Mt Erebus, killing all 257 on board. The original accident report cited pilot error, but that was only the beginning. With no mechanical reason for the crash, and the cockpit voice recorder showing no emergency in the cockpit, The report blamed pilot Jim Collins for descending below a minimum safe altitude of 16,000ft. A subsequent Royal Commission of Inquiry was launched, and after 75 days of evidence, Justice Peter Mahon concluded that "I am forced reluctantly to say that I had to listen to an orchestrated litany of lies." Exonerating the pilots, Justice Mahon found the computer navigation track of TE901 had been altered just before the flight (giant pdf), shifting the flightpath from the safe, flat expanse of McMurdo Sound to a collision course with Mt Erebus, without the pilots being told of the change. The pilots had fallen victim to a phenomenon known as sector whiteout rendering the mountain indistinguishable from the cloud cover. Air New Zealand appealed the decision, and political establishment turned on Mahon, resulting in his eventual resignation. He was posthumously awarded for changing the way air accidents are investigated worldwide. His findings remain controversial decades later, with claims that Air New Zealand employees have attempted to sanitise the Wikipedia entry on the crash, the original cockpit voice recorder tape missing (leaving inconsistent transcripts), and the Prime Minister at the time working to counter Mahon's findings before they were ever released. The wreckage remains on the ice. During warm seasons, it can still be seen from the air.

Nov. 4th plane crash

omegar — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:41:11 -0800

While most of the world was watching* Obama win, people in Mexico (specially in Mexico City) were busy watching news that a plane had just crashed near one of the busiest intersections of the City, killing all its passengers and wounding at least 40 others in the street and nearby office buildings. The plane, a Lear jet, had eight people on board, among them Juan Camilo Mouriño, Secretary of the Interior [link in Spanish] and at least two other high ranking officials in the mexican federal government. Mouriño had been involved in capturing drug lords, combating the rise of violence throughout the country and in an unconfirmed medium-sized corruption scandal [link in Spanish] involving PEMEX, so the crash is being investigated [link in Spanish] to rule out sabotage. * I hated that mexican TV cut into Obama's speech to give some further non-news about the crash, which had taken place three or four hours earlier.

Stealth bomber crash

stbalbach — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:08:59 -0800

Wired: "In February, a B-2 stealth bomber crashed in Guam. Now we know why. And we've got video of the scene." (good stuff starts around 1:20)

Airliner Videos

saladin — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:19:14 -0800

A collection of airliner videos. Strangely absent: Barrel rolling a 707 [YT].

The Bijlmermeer Disaster

frecklefaerie — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:03:22 -0800

The Bijlmermeer Disaster Yesterday marked the anniversary of the 1992 crash of El Al Flight 1862 into the Amersterdam neighborhood of Bijlmermeer, "whose sordid aftermath opened up a whole can of worms relating to secret weapons trafficking and unaccountable government." Six years after the crash, an investigation revealed that the flight had been carrying three of the four chemicals needed for Sarin.

Famous people who died in aviation accidents

persona non grata — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:24:09 -0800

"Famous people who died in aviation accidents" -- notables and not-so-notables who have perished in crashes in the last 100 years.

It Was Called an "Impossibility" at the Time....

Dunvegan — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 07:51:56 -0800

Anniversary of B-25 Crashing into the Empire State Building: 9:50 a.m., Saturday July 28, 1945.

anniversary

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the Empire State Building

Everytime I Try To Tell You, The Words Just Come Out Wrong...

jonmc — Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:35:37 -0800

In the early 70's explosion of singer-songwriters, one great one's career was tragically cut short, just over 30 years ago. His lyricism, humor, unpretentious manner, and ear for a hook are sadly missed and rarely remebered these days. The recent release of archival material might help revive interest.

The Iraqi smoking gun?

johnnydark — Thu, 27 Mar 2003 07:15:34 -0800

The Iraq-September 11th smoking gun? Finally, near proof that Iraq was involved in the September 11th attacks on America: a mural in the Iraqi military headquarters in Nasiriya depicts a plane crashing into a building complex similar to New York's twin towers! (Okay, seriously, are some folks so desperate to make the connection that this might become an actual story?)

PrinceValium — Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:40:35 -0800

Sen. Wellstone's campaign plane crashes in Minnesota. It's not known yet whether the Senator was on board.

einarorn — Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:03:04 -0800

30 years ago, a group of Uruguayan rugby players traveled to Chile to play a game against a local team. Their plane crashed in the Andes Mountains. The 27 who survived the crash were forced to eat their teammates in order to survive. After 72 days in the mountains, 16 were rescued. Their story was told in the book Alive and later a movie by the same name. Today those survivors reunited in Chile and finally played the rugby game. The Uruguayans won.

bshort — Thu, 18 Apr 2002 09:34:33 -0800

A small plane has ran into a skyscraper in Milan. CNN is reporting that a small plane has struck the 25th floor of the Pirelli building. The skyscraper apparently houses government offices. Details are still coming in.

mcsweetie — Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:05:37 -0800

Singer Aaliyah Killed in Plane Crash

R & B singer and actress Aaliyah died after a small plane that was to carry her and eight others back to the United States crashed after takeoff in the Bahamas, authorities said.

I keep typing a description here. and erasing it. I don't know what to say. This is beyond awful. :(

stevis — Sat, 03 Mar 2001 21:47:14 -0800

Going down? NPR's Savvy Traveler did a bit on this site; apparently it tells you the odds of a crash on your chosen flight. Question is, do I want to know?

ZachsMind — Sun, 13 Aug 2000 21:10:25 -0800

He relied on God... Okay so now we have the transcript. And now we still haven't the slightest idea. What's with all the thumping?