Another Asian Airline has gone down... Crash in Taipei

This recovery looks like a big damn cluster fuck.

Twin propellers... looks like giant drone.

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I'm Asian and I tell you man, we can't drive anything for shit. We just don't watch where we're going. A habit we find hard to break.

Add to that the fatal train accident in NYC today, electrical in nature from what I've heard - similar, again, to Knowing (electric short made train jump track).

The luggage is soaked, and the rescuers are not exactly on stable and flat ground. Have you been in an inflatable boat. The inside bottom is a little squishy. The boats are bobbing up and down. The person inside the plane is at an angle and might even be on their stomach, while passing out the bags. Asian people are also small.

I at no time indicated a bag was over 50 pounds. Also, I'm not a wimp, but you know a 50 pound piece of luggage is nothing an average person could pick up with one hand and just fucking toss about like a shoe box. Then again, maybe you're a The Rock or a UFC fighter. To a lot of people, things stat to get heavy at about 30 pounds.

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This story, if link will post, currently says taxi driver has a head injury and a concussion but stable vital signs. Sounds like a lot of people still missing. Any chance of an air pocket in wreckage?

Almost like from the movie knowing

A Crane! About Time!

Rescue operations are ongoing following the crash of a TransAsia flight into a river in Taipei. According to Taiwanese Civil Aviation Authority, 31 people remain unaccounted for. At least 12 people have been confirmed killed and another 18 injured. These numbers will likely change.

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Taipei...type b....what difference does it make?

Airplane style jokes never get old.

Shouldn't take 'em more than 4 months to locate the wreckage on this one, hopefully.

Damn.
Aircraft appears to be an ATR 72.

Heard reports that crew declared a mayday for engine failure.
A single engine failure should not have caused this.
A dual engine failure is very rare.
He appears to have stalled out to avoid the apartment buildings.
Really surprised anyone lived.

There was another ATR crash yesterday, in Lompoc I believe.

Gerry Soejatman ‏@GerryS 21h21 hours ago
Garuda ATR72-600 PK-GAC #GA7040 runway excursion at LOP/Lombok Intl Airport this afternoon.

woah, a tad lucky for that dude

Thanks just looked it up.

Always glad to see you on the aviation threads. I remember you from the AirAsia #QZ8501 discussion.

In other words, it looks like an aircraft.

It definitely looks like a classic departure stall, and with one engine out, there's little time to identify, bank, power, trim and everything else necessary to keep a multi-engine aircraft flying under control. These are the kinds of events that have to be drilled every few months, at least, and unfortunately, the modern A/C are so easy to fly that when one needs to make seat of the pants command decisions, one second guesses himself, and thinks of consequences with authority rather than just flying the plane.

Ho Ree Shit

You know what they say! Loose an engine the other engine will take you right to the crash site!

A cab was clipped by the wing

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They do Kung fu.

They still wont sell TransAsia to Worldking Goerge Soros?

Well then all "good" things are three. This is corporate sabotage.