Airbus skids off runway into building - at least 200 dead

Vindaloo2 · 18 Jul 2007 at 13:36

In my experience, 28 years in aircraft maintenance, including 4 1/2 years on RAF specialist unit assisting UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (including picking up unrecognisable body parts), these are a few things to ponder over.
How many news programmes, airport series etc. have you seen with passengers whinging and moaning about flight delays due to technical problems, adverse weather conditions ?
Do you really want mechanics to take short cuts because, quote "we have passengers waiting at the terminal."
How much will you moan if your flight is diverted to another airport ?
Aircraft accidents are almost always the result of muliple failures within the system.
Get used to it, unfortunately we'll have 1 sooner or later, much closer to home !

mctiny · 18 Jul 2007 at 13:39

alexthecheese said:
Aye.

Judging by that picture at the bottom of the news report, there's no way I'd be living at the end of that runway.

What about at the end of the runway at any airport? look at Heathrow for example. :confused:

You should see the airport at Rio de Janeiro

if a plane were to over shoot there it would wipe out a lot more houses as there is a small mountain at the end of the airport covered with houses.

I imagine that when airports were built then a lot of the houses around were not there or because the air traffic was not as busy it was not really a problem.

mctiny · 18 Jul 2007 at 13:46

BBC.com said:
Even before Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo became the scene of Brazil's worst aviation disaster, it was already notorious as a symbol of transport chaos in the country.

Full story here -> Airport is symbol of Brazil's air chaos

Scuzi · 18 Jul 2007 at 17:32

Vindaloo2 said:
In my experience, 28 years in aircraft maintenance, including 4 1/2 years on RAF specialist unit assisting UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (including picking up unrecognisable body parts), these are a few things to ponder over.
How many news programmes, airport series etc. have you seen with passengers whinging and moaning about flight delays due to technical problems, adverse weather conditions ?
Do you really want mechanics to take short cuts because, quote "we have passengers waiting at the terminal."
How much will you moan if your flight is diverted to another airport ?
Aircraft accidents are almost always the result of muliple failures within the system.
Get used to it, unfortunately we'll have 1 sooner or later, much closer to home !

I agree. Short cuts and commercial pressures lead to incidents.

Indy500 · 18 Jul 2007 at 17:40

Scuzi said:
I agree. Short cuts and commercial pressures lead to incidents.

Then the airlines shouldn't claim they can do X flights to Y place per day if it isn't possible safely.

G-MAN2004 · 18 Jul 2007 at 17:59

Terrible. Rest In Peace

Vindaloo2 · 18 Jul 2007 at 18:17

The UK AAIB web site provides very interesting reading, both for aviation professionals and people who are horrified by headline news.

mctiny · 18 Jul 2007 at 19:07

Vindaloo2 said:
The UK AAIB web site provides very interesting reading, both for aviation professionals and people who are horrified by headline news.

such as ?

ringo747 · 18 Jul 2007 at 22:35

very sad news indeed - i have a brazilian friend who is mad into aviation like myself and he told me many stories about the differences of safety between UK and there. Just started temporary job as a flight dispatcher and its always terrible to hear of any aviation accidents.

dirtybeatfreak · 18 Jul 2007 at 22:48

sad news