Asiana 777 Crashes at SFO

[Zee71]

CNN is showning a video of the entire crash of Asiana that was captured. WOW

[gonzalu]

[Vinny Ohare]

Amazing video. I am guessing the pilot of the plane on Taxiway has a good idea of what happened being so close and all.

[Gerard]

Amazing video. I am guessing the pilot of the plane on Taxiway has a good idea of what happened being so close and all.

I believe that was a United 747 that was holding!! That must have been crazy to see that and thankfully no debris impacted their plane!!

[Vinny Ohare]

The pilot of the United 747 had to hear a strange sound and watching that plane come in.

My question is does a pilot of a taxing plane like that watch the other plane coming in or is he too busy at hat point preparing for takeoff?

[727C47]

at that point all the checklists are done, save the takeoff checklist, your head is outside, you are watching something like that develop with a growing sense of disbelief. God have mercy.

[gonzalu]

The pilot of the United 747 had to hear a strange sound and watching that plane come in.

My question is does a pilot of a taxing plane like that watch the other plane coming in or is he too busy at hat point preparing for takeoff?

Pilots most definitely like watching other pilots do their craft, as well as watching the planes they fly, fly (sic) ... When the Boeing Experimental 787 came into Newark for the first time, two pilots requested to hold short when they had plenty of time to leave before it arrived, just so they could watch it come in.

I would be very surprised if at least one passenger on the plane had their cell phone pointing out the window for snaps or video. Would be probably the best vantage point.

Also agree that it is a miracle the plane didn't venture off far enough to affect the sitting B744!! All in all, considering what could have happened, it is still a MIRACLE on the Bay!

[PhilDernerJr]

The pilot of the United 747 had to hear a strange sound and watching that plane come in.

My question is does a pilot of a taxing plane like that watch the other plane coming in or is he too busy at hat point preparing for takeoff?

The ATC recording actually has the United aircraft saying they needed a little time before departing, so it sounded like they were busy with something in the cockpit at the time. I wonder what they saw.

[JHNA57]

The latest I heard on Fox News was that the 2 fatalities may have injuries consistent with being struck by the responding emergency vehicles!

[yankees368]

Incredibly sad, if true.

[Aviation.High.Guy]

The latest I heard on Fox News was that the 2 fatalities may have injuries consistent with being struck by the responding emergency vehicles!

Jeeze, I wonder if the two were thrown from the plane and the vehicles didn't see them laying there. That's horrible.

[gonzalu]

I won't buy that until I hear official word. I can;t imagine rescue crews just running over bodies... the would have to have been completely covered in dirt or something for them not to see them or the drivers of the vehicles involved should be fired at the very least. That is simply unacceptable. Ever heard of a NYC Bravest running over a victom of the fire they are responding to? I am disgusted by this just hearing about it. Really hope it's not true!!

[megatop412]

'Asiana Flight 214 pilot had 43 hours of training', in large bolded font, now adorns the CNN homepage. It's bigger than the font they used last week when it said 'Coup in Egypt'. Nothing like sensationalism to build up page hits. They make it sound like the guy just came out of a Skylane and sat down in the 777. Gotta love the media!

[moose135]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...96701620130708

Asiana Airlines Inc said the pilot in charge of landing the Boeing 777 that crash-landed at San Francisco's airport on Saturday was training for the long-range plane and that it was his first flight to the airport with the jet.
It was Lee Kang-kook's maiden flight to the airport with the jet...Lee, who started his career at Asiana as an intern in 1994, has 9,793 hours of flying experience, but only 43 hours with the Boeing 777 jet.

Co-pilot Lee Jeong-min, who has 3,220 hours of flying experience with the Boeing 777 and a total of 12,387 hours of flying experience, was helping Lee Kang-kook in the landing, the spokeswoman said.

[Big Tim #70]

I'm a firefighter & an EMT. I also have a paying gig shooting for a few publications, (Newsday, Fire News, First Responder Network, etc). If I'm on a scene, I'll render first aid before the other responders get on scene. Once the locals get there, I grab the camera and shoot away.

To Moose's point, if I'm in my fire district & I'm on my rigs, or working for the fire department, it's not appropriate for me to shoot scenes. I never have and never will as my job is to aid and serve, not to photograph.

I agree with Moose 100%. There is nothing wrong with a civilian capturing something like that. Hopefully, it's a once (or rather never) in a lifetime opportunity.