Korean Air jet crashed into another plane at an airport but took off anyway
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Korean Air jet crashed into another plane at an airport but took off anyway
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none of the aircraft's collision warnings sounded to alert the crew.
On the other hand they managed to get attention with their sensational headline... Yes , move on ...
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Well it cant have been the VP putting the pressure on the crew to get going.
If the report is true, they must have been in one real hurry.
I do admire the adherence to schedule keeping.
If the report is true, they must have been in one real hurry.
I do admire the adherence to schedule keeping.
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COLLISION DETECTORS
Must be the reversing/ parking camera, just like the one in my wife`s car fitted to stop her bringing home bent supermarket trolleys and complaining that the car was making funny noises , that this cerebral reporter is talking about.
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Ignoring the poor reporting, if the control tower got word to the aircraft before takeoff that there might have been damage to the plane that was incurred on the ramp you guys are condoning the Captain continuing the flight?
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It's also worrying that, whilst their nice strong wing was clearly not hanging by a thread, they didn't stop to consider what might have happened to the much more fragile elevators on the tail of the 767. Bit like a lorry hitting a scooter and driving off because the lorry is Ok.
Wing tips are quite solid and an airliner will fly just fine with a significantly dented wing tip. Even a 1 or 2 ft missing on the wing tip should be fine to handle with 5 - 10 kts increased speeds on take off and landing.
The tail feathers, however is a whole different story. You get some flutter due to a damaged Elevator and kiss good bye your stabilizer and thereby your (and all the other's) posterior.
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Has happened before
According to flight safety, ramp accidents and incidents happen about 27,000 times a year worldwide and these incidents lead to a passenger injury rate of 9 per 1,000 departures. They go on to argue the cost of these and the merits of GAP.
Defining 'accidents', 'incidents', 'passenger injury' and 'departure' would help make these figures less sensationalist and more meaningful.
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well, if your photo is from the aircraft involved, looks like a Bangkok air ATR72, not good for ATR PR lately....
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well, if your photo is from the aircraft involved, looks like a Bangkok air ATR72, another black period for ATR...
A Korean Air Airbus A330, similar to the one involved in the incident, taking off from Vienna On Friday, a  Korean Airlines jet collided with another aircraft on the ground at Yangon International Airport.
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well, if your photo is from the aircraft involved, looks like a Bangkok air ATR72, another black period for ATR...
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Sorry guys , badly phrased, did not meant that ATR as manufacturer had anything to do with that collision, ( the operator we do not know) , what I meant to say was that after a extremely safe decade, their name is now on the news repeatly and this is no good for business..
I will edit my post accordingly.
I will edit my post accordingly.