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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone know anything about this plane crash at SFO?
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Anyone know anything about this plane crash at SFO? (Original Post)
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2013
OP
I read the tail separated from the airplane. Here's a pic I found. No tail.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2013
#2
Funny how original info is almost always wrong, no matter what the breaking news is. n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2013
#10
Wonder how long it will before someone does the knee jerk - was an act of terrorism?
HipChick
Jul 2013
#12
I just heard the CNN News Reader say something about cartwheels and wings separating.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2013
#14
HipChick
(25,485 posts)1. Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines in from Taipei
It appears to be just on fire sitting on the runway
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)2. I read the tail separated from the airplane. Here's a pic I found. No tail.
madokie
(51,076 posts)4. Is that a boeing dreamliner?
ETA: I see it is a 777
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)5. I believe that's a 787?
madokie
(51,076 posts)6. Yup, I was wrong
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)7. I had to go look it up LOL.
Hope all is well with you!
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)8. Triple Seven...1993 plane
ananda
(28,876 posts)3. Boeing 777 crash landed at SF Airport.
https://twitter.com/search?q=plane%20crash&src=typd
The plane is on fire.
People are being evacuated.
The plane is on fire.
People are being evacuated.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)9. Now they're saying it was inbound from Seoul.
Ben Jacobs ?@Bencjacobs 5m
FAA confirming crash but now stating that flight inbound from Seoul, not Taipei
Clara Jeffery ?@ClaraJeffery 59s
RT @AerospaceInfo "According to a witness, around 11:20 a.m. the plane was just about to land when tail of the plane came off." via KTVU
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)10. Funny how original info is almost always wrong, no matter what the breaking news is. n/t
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)11. Yep. Taipei was being reported all over Twitter by news outlets. nt
HipChick
(25,485 posts)12. Wonder how long it will before someone does the knee jerk - was an act of terrorism?
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)13. .....
Clara Jeffery ?@ClaraJeffery 2m
Amazing how 1 tweet of 1 lady who missaw/exaggerated SFO crash headlining coverage of @NYTimes @Salon despite TONS of evidence to contrary
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)14. I just heard the CNN News Reader say something about cartwheels and wings separating.
AS they're showing the plane on the ground with the wings intact.
Go figure.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)15. US coast guards found a body - Looks like it might be pilot error
Nay
(12,051 posts)16. Ditto on all the reports that the plane was upside down....uhhh, no, the writing is the
correct side up, you nimrods.