ThreeHoler Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Standard craptastic sensationalist news. A340s aren't bigger than 777s! Edit: Also, 37' short of the runway =/= 37' from the "worst air disaster in history." https://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/feet_from_disaster_at_jfk_e4aV6YHOoPU1UQEHnzAHPP Supposedly the Lufthansa stopped 1500' short of the offending Egypt Air. Anyone have a link to the report? Edited January 4, 2012 by ThreeHoler
spudsmac Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) The problem is clearly the size of the A340. It's obviously way too large for that runway, much less the airport. I mean, for Christ's sake, the landing gear is over the edge of the runway, not to mention it retracts into the wing like the Dash/Q400 aircraft. Now that Fox News gave me an animation, the A340 is so much larger than the 777, I don't think the pilots would feel it, maybe a bump on takeoff. A quick Google Earth calculation gave the LH plane about 6700' till the offending a/c. From the NY Post link "The FAA rated the incident a “Category C” runway incursion, and says “there was ample time and/or distance to avoid a collision.”More media sensationalism. wtf news media? Edited January 5, 2012 by spudsmac
BQZip01 Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) The problem is clearly the size of the A340. It's obviously way too large for that runway, much less the airport. I mean, for Christ's sake, the landing gear is over the edge of the runway, not to mention it retracts into the wing like the Dash/Q400 aircraft. Now that Fox News gave me an animation, the A340 is so much larger than the 777, I don't think the pilots would feel it, maybe a bump on takeoff. A quick Google Earth calculation gave the LH plane about 6700' till the offending a/c. From the NY Post link "The FAA rated the incident a “Category C” runway incursion, and says “there was ample time and/or distance to avoid a collision.”More media sensationalism. wtf news media? Whatever makes it sound as bad as possible... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbb34ixU5OM Edited January 5, 2012 by BQZip01
Vertigo Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) Planes were 37-feet away from crashing Nice. I guess now I can say I was 2 feet away having sex with Gwyneth Paltrow. Edited January 5, 2012 by Vertigo
BQZip01 Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 Is that nav gibberish? It's gibberish no matter how you make a typo...
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