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Posted : February 2008
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Posted : February 2008
Author :
Better on the ground than in the air
Short of the actual crash, most of the accidents depicted here occurred without
loss of human life, and thus can be described as "Oops". There is a
site "Aviation Safety" where many troublesome situations are listed
and discussed, with full background information for each. What you will see
here is a collection of images from various such occasions, sent to us by
readers who found them or even witnessed the events.
The hazards start while the plane is still on the runway. Most of the time they
are results of the "reckless driving" of the taxiing and service
vehicles.
The accident above happened fairly recently - winter 2005 or 2006. The plane
slid off the runway in the snow. Unfortunately, a six year-old passenger in one of the cars on
the street was killed.
The story for the accident above goes: "The mechanics failed to have
someone riding brakes in the plane, failed to bring chokes and failed to set
parking brakes on both aircraft AND the tug... and then they left aircraft
unattended".
Michael Lashley, as an aircraft safety inspector, have seen multiple occasions
when aircraft was endangered by the careless driving of mechanics. The example above is credited to "Mechanics driving with no hydraulic pressure for
brakes".
Sliced!
Ilyushin Il-62M Aeroflot at Anchorage
in 1999, got sliced a little:
Plane chopped by the propeller of another plane:
The story on this rampage is playing out to the tune of a quarter of a million
dollars - these are the damages for 4 destroyed planes. The poor guy who's
responsible for this started the engine of his private Piper Saratoga plane -
and then lost control, slicing through four other planes and crashing into the
fifth...
Double-Deckers
It does not help if there are some potholes on the runway (plus a bunch of construction equipment)....
or a huge snake:
Containers are not a good thing to digest:
Asleep at the wheel?
In the Air
All tangled up...
Famous occasion of the cargo doors opening in the middle of a flight (never a good thing)
Strange Landings
Broken Landing Gear
The tires... are gone
Blown engine: Southwest Airlines 737-2
One-Wing Landing!
There is a fascinating story behind this (technically impossible) landing. Israel pilot
Zivi Nedivi had a collision with another plane, but could not see that his wing
was missing (because of trailing fuel vapors), otherwise he would've
immediately bailed out. As it was, he proceeded to land, and had a greatest
surprise when he saw in what condition F-15 brought him to safety...
Washed ashore...
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