Very bad plane crash in Spain

craigmason · 20-08-2008, 14:57

A spanair plane has skidded of the runway at Madrid airport and broke in half reports of many dead and injured

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7572643.stm

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...27234920080820

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...nute%2BUpdates

Shiesh · 20-08-2008, 15:21

Looks worse than first reported

Appears it was the 2nd attempt at take off as it earlier aborted and had checks carried out!!

leviathan13 · 20-08-2008, 15:24

I answer to the title of the thread, have you got any examples of a good plane crash?

craigmason · 20-08-2008, 15:28

this is a good one
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7568045.stm

Shiesh · 20-08-2008, 15:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by leviathan13

I answer to the title of the thread, have you got any examples of a good plane crash?

You have to applaud craigmason on his response

leviathan13 · 20-08-2008, 15:41

But I like Germans.

squeakyclean · 20-08-2008, 16:13

Looks really bad, although there are some survivors.

Incubus · 20-08-2008, 16:17

Craig is fast becoming the forum's doom monger - he was the one pushing the paedo thread last week and has a likening for mail order products.

donkey · 20-08-2008, 16:47

It seems the engine might have been on fire as they were taking off

medusa · 20-08-2008, 16:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Incubus

Craig is fast becoming the forum's doom monger - he was the one pushing the paedo thread last week and has a likening for mail order products.

There is no excuse for picking on other forum users. If you have no valid comment for the thread itself then please just stay clear entirely.

craigmason · 20-08-2008, 16:59

unfortunately Spanish government say 100 people dead

dan_999uk · 20-08-2008, 17:45

I understood this particular airline had a good safety record, although the particular model of plane does not.

bigflesh · 20-08-2008, 17:48

It's been reported that the registration of the aircraft is/was EC-HFP. Last picture of the aircraft was taken on 19th April this year and posted on the airliners.net website....

Seen here, sporting Star Alliance colour scheme and not the traditional Spanair livery. Same airline all the same.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Star-...ext_id=1358541

RIP

teddie · 20-08-2008, 19:37

Looks like only a couple of survivors

the_rudeboy · 20-08-2008, 19:44

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Originally Posted by teddie

Looks like only a couple of survivors

BBC have just reported there are 28 survivors.

H.P · 20-08-2008, 20:29

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Kingmaker2 · 21-08-2008, 01:50

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Originally Posted by the_rudeboy

BBC have just reported there are 28 survivors.

Latest numbers say 19 survivors with 153 dead.

Another black day for Madrid, following the Madrid train bombings of March 2004.

craigmason · 21-08-2008, 07:54

my sympathies go the the families of the 153 who were killed and my prayers go to the survivors

jongo · 21-08-2008, 09:36

My sympathies to the reletives of the dead

I was just wondering how the people of the following flights were feeling when the flights were resumed

I personally cant stand flying, and after seeing such a terrible thing I dont know if I would be able to get on a plane there so soon after

Kingmaker2 · 21-08-2008, 14:09

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Originally Posted by jongo

My sympathies to the reletives of the dead

I was just wondering how the people of the following flights were feeling when the flights were resumed

I personally cant stand flying, and after seeing such a terrible thing I dont know if I would be able to get on a plane there so soon after

Well they keep telling us that statistically flying is the safest form of transport. However the problem with plane crashes is that so many people are killed in a single incident.
Car crashes usually only have half a dozen or so fatalities in a single incident.

With flying there is always a risk that something goes wrong with the plane, that the pilot has no control over, no matter how skilled or experienced he/she is and all passengers are at the planes mercy.

The tradgedy that occured yesterday strikes a chord with me, as I remember when I flew back from Gran Canaria to the UK some years back.

When the plane was building up speed to take off, I felt extremley uneasy because I sensed that the plane was not going fast enough to take off.
Sure enough the flight was aborted in mid take off.
The captain then informed everyone that a door warning light had appeared on his display.
We then had about a half hour wait on the runway, whilst the captain and the flight crew tried to figure out the problem.
The captain then said that, all seem to be fine now, but they didn't know what caused the warning light in the first place.
This didn't exactly fill the passengers with a great deal of confidence, and if we had the power to, I'd bet several passengers, myself included would have asked to get off the plane and abort the flight completely.
Thankfully the plane took off without further incident, but it was one of the scariest take offs I've ever had.