another plane crash

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expat replied

25 February 2009, 15:39
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

...and that Dutch fields are soft and squidgy, especially when it's been raining every bloody day for a week.

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Mich the Tester replied

25 February 2009, 15:22
Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post

Despite having worked in aerospace it astonishes me how few people die when a sizable machine with quite a lot of flammable fuel travelling well over 100 mph smacks into the ground.

It goes to show that engineering is still alive and well in some parts of the world.

...and that Dutch fields are soft and squidgy, especially when it's been raining every bloody day for a week.
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TykeMerc replied

25 February 2009, 15:21
Despite having worked in aerospace it astonishes me how few people die when a sizable machine with quite a lot of flammable fuel travelling well over 100 mph smacks into the ground.

It goes to show that engineering is still alive and well in some parts of the world.
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Bagpuss replied

25 February 2009, 13:26
Originally posted by Turion View Post

Lucky it's a mid-week crash. Won't inconvenience so many souls.

Yeah, as long as it doesn't mess up anyone's travel plans. That's the important thing.
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oracleslave replied

25 February 2009, 12:35
Great, I fly long-haul tonight
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Mich the Tester replied

25 February 2009, 12:34
Originally posted by SizeZero View Post

The real lucky thing is that it's vacation week for the schools here, had it been last or this weekend, then that plane would have been packed with families (there is a large Turkish population in the Netherlands).

It was probably packed with sweaty fat businessmen, and they obviously don't matter as much.
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SizeZero replied

25 February 2009, 12:12
Originally posted by Turion View Post

Lucky it's a mid-week crash. Won't inconvenience so many souls.

The real lucky thing is that it's vacation week for the schools here, had it been last or this weekend, then that plane would have been packed with families (there is a large Turkish population in the Netherlands).
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zara_backdog replied

25 February 2009, 11:14
Mr ZB will be looking at the incident reports then - to see if any of his companies components were at fault .
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Turion replied

25 February 2009, 11:10
Lucky it's a mid-week crash. Won't inconvenience so many souls.
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chef started a topic another plane crash

25 February 2009, 10:59
another plane crash

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5801273.ece

"A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 jet with 135 passengers on board has crashed while attempting to land at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.

Unconfirmed reports suggest that at least one person has been killed and 20 injured. As many as 50 passengers were reported to have survived, according to one Turkish news agency."

hope no one is planning on flying near schipol today

"Air traffic around Schiphol, an extremely busy aviation centre which is one of Europe's main hub airports, has been frozen."
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