Passengers Flee Airliner Fireball-VIDEO of passengers escaping, plane exploding

[babylonsister]

Video at link on right:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1280466,00.html

Passengers Flee Airliner Fireball

Updated: 10:10, Monday August 20, 2007


A China Airlines spokesman said the firm's aircraft skidded on the tarmac on its way from the runway to the gate after landing at Okinawa, Japan.

Transport Ministry official Akihiko Tamura said: "The fire started when the first engine below the main left wing exploded, a minute after the aircraft entered the parking spot."

[karlrschneider]

1. That was a VERY WEIRD thing. I can't figure out what they mean "skidded" or how

it would contribute to an engine blowing up unless they dragged it on the ground or ingested some serious FOD.
:eyes:

[babylonsister]

2. And talk about luck! I guess every second really does count. nt

[karlrschneider]

3. Very true.

...

[babylonsister]

5. OT: Where's that

$100? I did send you some rain...:hide:

[karlrschneider]

7. Thanks a lot...now I need it to repair the flood damage.

:P :silly:

[Ezlivin]

4. Those Szechuan dinners were too damned spicy

It looks like it blew up amidships in the pantry area.

Is this a repeat of the center tank fuel pump problem?

[karlrschneider]

8. Heh...no, 737s don't have those kinds of tanks.

;-)

[pinto]

6. Wow. That crew and the passengers sure did a good job getting out of there.

[williesgirl]

9. Wow - 10 accidents since 1970 for this airline, now this. Bet they go bankrupt or whatever China's

version of that is soon.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. That airline seems to be prone to weird accidents/incidents, like this one:

This involved a Boeing 747SP, which for some reason lost power on one of its engines. The pilots didn't do anything to counteract the asymmetric thrust, and the aircraft rolled over and descended 30,000 feet, to about 9,000 feet.

D'oh!

http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/ComAndRep/ChinaAir/AAR8603.html

[high density]

11. China Airlines is horrible

I wouldn't fly on one of their airliners even if the tickets were free.

[KG]

12. Quantas

always fly Quantas :hi: