Coffee 6:20 Wed Feb 4
Taiwan plane crash
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Unbelievable pictures.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8-NDJNIAAEdvyJ.jpg:large
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HairyHammer
5:42 Thu Feb 5
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Every car must have a camera on the dash.
Terrible tragedy but boy how horribly exciting was that to watch ?
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Westham67
3:07 Thu Feb 5
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Salvage Operation
11 missing apparently
http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0205/c90882-8846193.html
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sanfrancis-co-uk
2:40 Thu Feb 5
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That was a taxi that was sliced in half by the planes wing.Driver and passenger unhurt unbelievably.
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Hugh Monteith
1:56 Thu Feb 5
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Terrible news for some of us all the same, eh Guys
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Westham67
11:32 Wed Feb 4
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Willtell 12:58 Wed Feb 4
It sort of makes me smile that old cliche "He fought bravely to avoid the school in an attempt to save lives and crashed in a field"
I'd say that's natural self preservation, you'd rather avoid hitting a building to save you own life. What pilot would just say " Oh fuck it I cant be arsed to swerve round that building"
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MrCrowmanSir
4:53 Wed Feb 4
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You can just make out the 'Made in Taiwan' on the underside of the aircraft.
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Far Cough
1:08 Wed Feb 4
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Ah, it was a turbo prop
As you were
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Far Cough
1:07 Wed Feb 4
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Don't think there would have been any flame out, looks like it had props to me?
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Willtell
12:58 Wed Feb 4
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The pilot is obviously trying to clear the buildings to minimise the damage and fatalities. I hope he survives but he must have realised he probably wouldn't....
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Coffee
12:54 Wed Feb 4
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Do wake up, 67.
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Joke Whole
12:52 Wed Feb 4
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Couldn't find a single one last time I was in Dublin, 67...
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Westham67
12:50 Wed Feb 4
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Come on coffers , you know there are Irish pubs everywhere
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Coffee
12:45 Wed Feb 4
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I didn't know Taiwan was that close to Ireland.
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Westham67
12:37 Wed Feb 4
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I used to be able to get from the airport to my mates in the Shannon pub in 10 minutes
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Coffee
12:29 Wed Feb 4
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Joke
Just guessing, but that's what it looks like. Hope they'll still have above stall speed when they clear the buildings. But no recovery time when they didn't.
67, I see what you mean!
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Joke Whole
12:27 Wed Feb 4
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Coffee 11:45 Wed Feb 4
OK - not seen the video (getting an SMS here is a cause for celebration) - I was just going on the stills in the original post and personal...baggage.
From what you say, it sounds like it was a "clear the buildings then worry about what happens next" solution.
Takes speed of thought and bravery well beyond my capabilities, does that.
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Westham67
12:17 Wed Feb 4
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https://www.google.co.th/maps/place/Taipei+Songshan+Airport/@25.067566,121.552699,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x3442abf1a4142659:0x93180ddcb6758a3a
coffee if you zoom in you'll see it in the middle of city streets
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Fivetide
12:09 Wed Feb 4
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Incredible video. Appears the pilot saved a lot of lives by evading that building and getting the plane into the river.
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Joe C
12:03 Wed Feb 4
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Flying next week. Hate flying. Why did I watch that?
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Coffee
11:45 Wed Feb 4
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Joke
Just guessing here, but if as 67 says the airport is right in the centre of town and you have to climb steeply after take off, and you've got a full load on board, one engine might struggle to make it -- the more so if there's a problem with the other engine. That video seems to show the aircraft in a fairly nose-up attitude as it clears those tall buildings, consequently losing air speed and then stalling.
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Joke Whole
11:40 Wed Feb 4
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Isn't there a report of one of the pilots calling a Mayday on account of an engine flame out?
Climbing after take-off on full throttle then losing one engine would have scored full points on the unbalanced yaw scorecard - if the crew did try to miss the buildings and go for the river, they would probably have had less than a dozen seconds to work out and implement such a plan.
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