Air crash in China

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 03-21-2022, 04:39 PM

A China Eastern passenger jet airplane, carrying 132 persons inside, crashed in a mountainous area of southern China today. The number of casualties is still unknown.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/china-...investigation/

joe-eyeball · 03-21-2022, 04:55 PM

Sadly that thing did a near vertical nosedive! There is no way anyone survived.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-21-2022, 04:57 PM

Horrific...

*ProphetofGanja* · 03-22-2022, 09:07 AM

"Accident" my ass...

Meow · 03-22-2022, 09:12 AM

From what I heard on the news today none of the passengers or crew survived

Yesterday on the news they said it is abnormal for a plane to come crashing down in a vertical way. Anyone knows why?

*Mayhem* · 03-22-2022, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Meow

Yesterday on the news they said it is abnormal for a plane to come crashing down in a vertical way. Anyone knows why?

Simply because it's very difficult for a plane of that size to achieve that sort of telemetry. Likewise pointing up in a similar fashion to climb, or in the words of Peppy Hare "do a barrel roll".

(I once asked a mate who was huge into his realistic flight sims to demonstrate attempting to perform related manoevers including a barrel roll on a 737 just to see what they actually did)

Afraid to say, the most likely reason for the crash is the pilot deliberately pointed the nose straight down to the ground.

*IndigoErth* · 03-22-2022, 02:47 PM

The video of it nosediving toward the ground is heartbreaking, what an awful way to go.

Hope it wasn't deliberate by the pilot. Maybe they got hijacked.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-22-2022, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by IndigoErth

The video of it nosediving toward the ground is heartbreaking, what an awful way to go.

Or "best," depending on how you look at it. In terms of a speedy death... you can't do any better than that, really.

*IndigoErth* · 03-22-2022, 03:49 PM

Sure, it was over fast, but living your last moments in terror knowing what's about to happen? Including to your child who might be there beside you? Yeah... not best. edit: Nor for devastated family who may never even get any remains back to bury.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-22-2022, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Sure, it was over fast, but living your last moments in terror knowing what's about to happen?

Yeah, that's pretty horrifying to imagine. "In about 20 seconds, my body is going to be burning and spread across 3 miles of some sh**ty forest."

I am the worst on airplanes. It never gets any better, it only gets worse.

~~Leo656~~ · 03-22-2022, 04:45 PM

Ain't gettin' me up there. Newp. I have the exact opposite of "luck" so I ain't even gonna attempt that sh*t.

03-21-2022, 04:39 PM	#1
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ProphetofGanja Dub Professor Join Date: May 2013 Location: Dub Side of the Moon Posts: 3,497	"Accident" my ass... __________________ "We've been frantically trying to reach you, Dude."

03-22-2022, 09:12 AM	#5
Meow Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: EU/Austria Posts: 765	From what I heard on the news today none of the passengers or crew survived Yesterday on the news they said it is abnormal for a plane to come crashing down in a vertical way. Anyone knows why? __________________

03-21-2022, 04:55 PM	#2
joe-eyeball Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cleveland Posts: 708	Sadly that thing did a near vertical nosedive! There is no way anyone survived.

03-22-2022, 02:47 PM	#7
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	The video of it nosediving toward the ground is heartbreaking, what an awful way to go. Hope it wasn't deliberate by the pilot. Maybe they got hijacked.

03-22-2022, 03:49 PM	#9
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	Sure, it was over fast, but living your last moments in terror knowing what's about to happen? Including to your child who might be there beside you? Yeah... not best. edit: Nor for devastated family who may never even get any remains back to bury.

03-22-2022, 04:45 PM	#11
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Ain't gettin' me up there. Newp. I have the exact opposite of "luck" so I ain't even gonna attempt that sh*t.