Air Crash

[megatop412]

On tonight at 9pm

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/07/discovery-channel-crashes-a-jet-plane-on-purpose/

[Spunker]

The show was pretty good but seeing the demise of a beautiful 727 was sad.

[727C47]

i flew that ship N293AS when I was a Champion pilot,especially when I was JFK based, "Big Flo", was a silly name for a beauty like that,they should have trashed an A320 !!!

[megatop412]

I had a feeling it was an ex-Champion bird with that paint

Only problem with the show was how limited the generalizability of their findings are. It's pretty rare for no fire to break out after a crash, I guess they came in just shallow enough not to break the tanks open. What was amazing was seeing one of the engines still running at full power

[Cary]

What was amazing was seeing one of the engines still running at full power

It was trying to avenge its MURDER! :P

[Spunker]

It was trying to avenge its MURDER! :P
LOL!

[Spunker]

i flew that ship N293AS when I was a Champion pilot,especially when I was JFK based, "Big Flo", was a silly name for a beauty like that,they should have trashed an A320 !!! I wonder if the 320 would have held up as well

[Vinny Ohare]

It was an interesting show. I wonder why they didn't have cameras on the ground if they were short or long though. Very smart people doing this test for sure but seriously they didn't think about a faster chase plane or having a spare? It would of been the first thing I thought of when setting this up.

[MSN007]

i flew that ship N293AS when I was a Champion pilot,especially when I was JFK based, "Big Flo", was a silly name for a beauty like that,they should have trashed an A320 !!!

First I laughed so hard. Then I said wait a minute, where is the love for A320?

[Zee71]

I thought the show was well put together. I am sure they are still analyzing data, but based on the evidence one can make some general comments......like sitting in the back appears to be safer as one may sustain less g-forces, etc. it sucked to crash a pretty bird like that.

[Vinny Ohare]

Zee I was thinking the same thing about the back of the plane (Which is where I normally sit) until I started watching this show which shows all the people in the back passed away. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airtours_Flight_28M

[megatop412]

Zee I was thinking the same thing about the back of the plane (Which is where I normally sit) until I started watching this show which shows all the people in the back passed away. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airtours_Flight_28M

Since USAir 427 I've done quite a bit of reading about air disasters, and the only conclusion you can really draw is that 1)beyond a certain g-loading it don't matter where you sit and 2)for accidents that are 'survivable', what would be a safe seat in one situation would mean death in another. So...just try to enjoy life

Me, I usually take my chances over the wing box, structurally one of the strongest areas of the aircraft. That does put me closer to the tanks but if Death comes, at least he'll be quick about it.