Exadios Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Two Planes Collide at JFK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Just saw some footage of a runway collision between an Airfrance A380 and a smaller regional jet. The smaller aircraft had just turned off onto a taxi way and the A380 rolled past and it's wingtip hit the other''s tail and span it almost 90 deg. no one hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 It's a pretty violent contact. The vertical stabiliser was much stronger that I would have thought. These are not toys you were watching. The occupants ot the smaller plane would have got a pretty big shake up and it would have a bit of damage. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Video http://www.wimp.com/airfrance/ oops,didn't see previous link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Wouldn't want to be the Airfrance crew. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owi Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I wouldn't want to be the Comair crew. Looks to me like they weren't properly clear of the boundary. Anyways, the enquiry will find out who should take the rap. Might be the ground crew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 There was also the comment of how these bigger wingspan aircraft are proving that the current airports are too small for them both in movement around the airport and at the terminals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluey Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Wow, that was violent. Anyone not properly seated and belted would have been flung around the cabin and probably ended up injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 cfi, getting a clearance does not allow you to hit a stationary object that you reasonably should be able to see. He looked to be going fairly fast. Part of being endorsed on the aircraft would be being aware of it's wingspan. I didn't say that this is easy but if someone is pulled up in the wrong lane doesn't give you the right to hit them. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Doing well, 12 comments and no quips about lady drivers. And it would be beyond me to make a silly crack like that of course. Besides those 'scarebus' things pretty much fly themselves, coulda been just in a school-yard bully mood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 cficare, I survive(d) by assuming nothing. If you are unsure, check it (again) Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Ouch! that would give you a surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exadios Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 An article about this incident and ground collisions in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 an error in the commentry is that in the case of the Teneriffe accident ONE of the aircraft was airborne. The KLM 747 took the top off the other aircraft. The commentry said they were both on the ground. Little errors creep into history. eg the other day in an authoritave interview a writer asserted that the Ansett-ANA crash at winton Qld was an Electra. My recollection was that it was a Vickers Viscount that the wing burnt off as a result of a cabin blower fire. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Creeeeeeeeeehist! 20 tonnes of aircraft spinning... Yes I said spinning... like a top! If ground crew was working around this aircraft or pax disembarking that little "clip" could have resulted in multiple fatalities. This just makes me shudder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralights Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 and people wonder why the crew demand they stay seated until the aircraft has come to a complete stop at the terminal.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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