TransAsia plane crashed into Taipei river

[TVT]

 

 

can a one-man open glider (they call it hand-glider?) go from say top of OUB Plaza to JB?? (if the winds are in favourable directions)

 

Have you misplaced your passport, lately ??

[Super7]

 

Of course can.

 

But he must land at Tuas or Woodlands

 

and stamp passport first.

 

The idea is to avoid new tolls at these check points, looks like cannot liao .... :-(

[Super7]

 

Have you misplaced your passport, lately ??

Since new toll started, haven't used passport, must check see if it's still inside the drawer. :-(

[Acemundo]

Today's is 立春. It's start of Spring festival.

 

to be more precise, lichun only starts on 1159am on 4 feb 2015. hence this flight accident occurs in the last hour of horse year and makes it a total of 6 (3 by Malaysian airlines, 2 by Taiwan domestic airline and 1 by Algerian airline) air disaster in the year of horse. uncanny or not, Malaysia's first Chinese character name is horse and Taiwan's president's surname is also horse.

[Kyrios]

Firefly also same plane model:

 

12x ATR 72-500

4x ATR 72-600

 

 

 

 

 

Pratt engines?

[Optramagnum]

My reflection on this episode is how vulnerable our lives are.. Let's live to the fullest with your loved ones everyday.

My reflection on this episode is how vulnerable our lives are.. Let's live to the fullest with your loved ones everyday.

[Othello]

Firefly also same plane model:

 

12x ATR 72-500

4x ATR 72-600

 

 

 

 

 

 

yes, this ATR-72 is notorious for its crashes. I rather take my chances and not fly on them.

[Lala81]

 

yes, this ATR-72 is notorious for its crashes. I rather take my chances and not fly on them.

 

Took this between Christchurch and Queenstown

[Celicar]

My reflection on this episode is how vulnerable our lives are.. Let's live to the fullest with your loved ones everyday.

My reflection on this episode is how vulnerable our lives are.. Let's live to the fullest with your loved ones everyday.

You can say that again.

[1fast1]

 

Took this between Christchurch and Queenstown

 

Me too, between Auckland and Tauranga.

 

EDIT: Mine could've been a Q300. I'm not much of an aviation buff, so I find it difficult to tell the difference.

Edited February 5, 2015 by Turboflat4

[Evillusion]

 

Took this between Christchurch and Queenstown

the only propeller driven aircraft i took was the C130......to Thailand. Quite a unique experience and quite scary.......hahaha...the only way to see the ground was to stand on our seats that are actually straps and peer through the port hole.

[The_Bear]

 

Me too, between Auckland and Tauranga.

 

EDIT: Mine could've been a Q300. I'm not much of an aviation buff, so I find it difficult to tell the difference.

 

That is why they rather walk from the Shire to Mordor.

[Evillusion]

 

That is why they rather walk from the Shire to Mordor.

too much walking will leave a big foot print.....maciam the hobbits!

[Leinad8919]

You can say that again.

Ya. He did said it twice 😄

[159er]

Pratt engines?

 

PW127F.

 

This is actually the 4th incident involving Transasia's ATR.

 

From wiki -

• On 30 January 1995, an ATR 72-200 of TransAsia Airways crashed during flight from Penghu to Taipei. Four crew members were killed.^[35]
• On 21 December 2002, TransAsia Airways (TNA) cargo flight 791, an ATR 72–200, crashed due to icing during flight from Taipei to Macau. Both crew members were killed. The aircraft encountered severe icing conditions beyond the icing certification envelope of the aircraft and crashed into sea 17 km southwest of Makung city. The Aviation Safety Council of Taiwan investigation found that the crash was caused by ice accumulation around the aircraft's major components, resulting in a loss of control. The investigation found that flight crew did not respond to the severe icing conditions with the appropriate alert situation awareness and did not take the necessary actions.
• On 23 July 2014, TransAsia Airways Flight 222, an ATR 72-500 crashed into hard ground whilst attempting an emergency landing on approach to Magong in Taiwan's Penghu county in the Taiwan Strait, killing 48-51 people and injuring 8.^[47][48][49]
• On 4 February 2015, TransAsia Airways Flight 235, an ATR 72-600 carrying 58 people crashed in Taipei, striking a road bridge before ending up in a river. This portion of the crash was captured on video by a car driving on the bridge. ^[50] Taiwan's civil aviation authority said 31 people were killed and more than 12 people were still missing.^[51] At least 15 passengers survived. ^[52] The ATR-72 had just taken off from Taipei Songshan Airport and was headed to the outlying Kinmen islands, just off the coast of south-east China. ^[53] Initial media reports indicate that the pilot called a mayday for an engine flameout.

[Gitanic]

i wonder why airliner planes don't have a backup device for soft-landing if engine fail.

 

fighter jets have ejection of seats plus parachutes.

[Sabian]

i wonder why airliner planes don't have a backup device for soft-landing if engine fail.

 

fighter jets have ejection of seats plus parachutes.

 

Like that machiam an A320/ A380 needs to disintegrate completely for its 180+/500+ pax to be ejected.

 

And those sitting next to the engines how? Become crispy after ejection?

[Gitanic]

 

Like that machiam an A320/ A380 needs to disintegrate completely for its 180+/500+ pax to be ejected.

 

And those sitting next to the engines how? Become crispy after ejection?

i am sure in some time in history they have to do something similar but not exactly same.

 

maybe eject to the side?

 

i will carry my bluetooth headset and handphone along so that i can ejoy music while parachuting down to a nice village with a chiobu waiting on ground.