Video of Asiana Ft214 crash

[malaise]

http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/07/07/vo-plane-sf-plane-crash-on-cam.courtesy-fred-hayes.html

[malaise]

1. Youtube

[BeyondGeography]

2. Wow...looks like the whole plane flipped but I guess that was just the wing that was sheared off

Could have been much worse.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

3. i think it did indeed START to flip/cartwheel

but thanks to already losing a lot of forward momentum it did not complete the action... thank goodness, loss of life would likely have been much worse.

sP

[malaise]

4. Can see why eyewitnesses said they saw

cartwheels - it didn't flip but it came close.
Now I understand the severe spinal and head injuries.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

6. yep... amazing the thing didn't disintegrate

when it came back down. much worse than the thought i had about it yesterday...

sP

[malaise]

10. Those passengers are freaking lucky to be alive

Those flight attendants were amazing. Yes they practice a lot but everyone was already roughed up in there.

[AsahinaKimi]

14. Two 16 year old girls did die...

Bodies found outside the plane. What a horrible death, and I feel so bad for their parents, sending their kids to the USA for a summer camp only to find out they never made it.

[malaise]

15. And I bet they have no siblings

Really sad

[AsahinaKimi]

17. You're right...with

China's one child only policy.. this will be even more devastating.

[kestrel91316]

19. It did a pirouette on its nose with one wingtip down. Almost like breakdancing.

[Warpy]

5. Dunno, he was really low

and would likely have hit before the runway if he hadn't tried to climb at the last minute.

Having the nose up probably saved ~307 lives.

[malaise]

8. Low and way too slow according to the Chairperson

from NTSB

Did you notice that the United pilot that was waiting for take off moved his aircraft

[Gin]

13. I agree....

[Gin]

7. Imagine being on the united plane and seeing the crash and its very close....

They cant find one engine....wonder if its in the water.

[malaise]

9. Wonder if that started the problems

I'm trying to figure out how some folks ended up in the water

[Gin]

12. Didn't hear folks were in the water....but.....the two dead girls were on the runway

If he hadn't lifted the nose..they would have hit the wall and killed them all....IMO


I also wondered how,many times that pilot landed on that runway....

A woman carried her inured son out of a hole in the fuselage....

Geez.....awful and miraculous at the same time.

[malaise]

16. Sad indeed

I don't buy the miracles argument - serious training makes flight attendants consummate professionals

[kestrel91316]

20. The right engine came loose and hit the right side of the first class section, putting a

hole in it. If the dead were found on the ground, they had to have come out that hole. Sounds likely.

[Ron Quixote]

11. my heart goes out to the victims

Poor souls

[CakeGrrl]

18. It's miraculous that there were so few casualties. -nt

[kentuck]

21. It is amazing there were not more lives lost in that accident.

Its almost a miracle.

[msongs]

22. boeing builds (or used to build) tough airplanes. bet the passengers are happy bout that nt