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CNN BREAKING - ANOTHER plane crash - FEDEX plane at Narita airport, Tokyo
Me | 3/22/09 | GeorgiaDawg32

Posted on 03/22/2009 3:48:07 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32

Holy cow..


TOPICS: Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airport; chiba; china; fedex; guangzhou; japan; md11; narita; naritaairport; plane; planecrash
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To: Tijeras_Slim

The aircraft bounced and wind caught it under it’s starboard wing flipping it over.

There are reports of high winds. I suspect they left on too much speed and did not use proper crosswind technique. airliner cockpits are now so automated that many pilots no longer have seat of the pants flying skills. I put it down ultimately to poor airmanship.


41 posted on 03/22/2009 4:26:39 PM PDT by Rainbow Samurai
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To: Righting

Two on the MD11.

Maybe more if it was a longer flight.


42 posted on 03/22/2009 4:27:02 PM PDT by BillyA (Blago for President - he's pure awesomeness!)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

What makes this even more tragic is that the crew’s family will see this accident and the firey deaths of their loved ones on tv before anyone can officially notify them. The family would know exactly who’s on the plane.


43 posted on 03/22/2009 4:29:29 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

BTTT!


44 posted on 03/22/2009 4:29:37 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Rainbow Samurai
I put it down ultimately to poor airmanship.

Are you with the NTSB, newb? Mechanical failure does happen. So do a thousand other things.

You should be a bit more restrained on your first day here.

45 posted on 03/22/2009 4:33:45 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: Paved Paradise

You and your husband sound like real deep thinkers.


46 posted on 03/22/2009 4:41:58 PM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace
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To: gaijin

Looked like wind shear.


47 posted on 03/22/2009 4:44:33 PM PDT by MarkeyD (OBAMA. Chains we can believe in!)
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To: Paved Paradise
There have been quite a few plane crashes the past few months.

Not that many. And after roughly seven years of next to none as far as commercial accidents. It's called the law of averages.

48 posted on 03/22/2009 4:46:34 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: Paved Paradise

Weather seems to have factored into both of today’s crashes.


49 posted on 03/22/2009 4:49:55 PM PDT by Palladin (Maria Bartiromo for Treasury Secretary!)
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To: jimbo123

Bable fish is not going to translate that page.


50 posted on 03/22/2009 4:51:08 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Fump!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

“Castaway” is on FX right now. Amazing.


51 posted on 03/22/2009 5:15:40 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: EDINVA

Not necessarily. I’m a family friend to a US Fedex pilot who works in China, they’re kind of estranged but I’m really trying to find out the information of the crew because they may not hear anything before information is released. If anyone knows anything for sure I’m checking back here and watching the news on TV and refreshing google news searching for Fedex crash Japan, everyone please inform if you hear anything. Thanks.


52 posted on 03/22/2009 5:20:36 PM PDT by ConcernedATM
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To: Palladin

Oh. Thanks. Nobody can predict that.


53 posted on 03/22/2009 5:24:56 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

We have a friend who flies internationnaly for FedEx. Fortunately, he is home this weekend.


54 posted on 03/22/2009 5:25:01 PM PDT by redhead (Don't look at ME! I voted for SARAH!)
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To: buccaneer81

yeah - but why do they come in clumps?


55 posted on 03/22/2009 5:25:22 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: ItisaReligionofPeace

Why thank you.


56 posted on 03/22/2009 5:25:39 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: EDINVA

That happened to me two weeks ago. I saw the video on Fox and knew it was my friend. I called his cell and texted him — no answer. The call came three hours later.

I also have a good buddy that flies the MD11 for FedEx. Waiting by the phone again.


57 posted on 03/22/2009 5:33:05 PM PDT by BillyA (Blago for President - he's pure awesomeness!)
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To: Rainbow Samurai

“I put it down ultimately to poor airmanship.”

On the chance that my friend was the pilot, feel free to eat your words.


58 posted on 03/22/2009 5:35:20 PM PDT by BillyA (Blago for President - he's pure awesomeness!)
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To: Paved Paradise
yeah - but why do they come in clumps?

Why do celebrities die in threes?

59 posted on 03/22/2009 5:55:53 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: Righting

Two crew members always on cargo plane. My dear friend is Captain on the MD11 & flies this route.
I am waiting to hear from her she isnot home but a trip. This is her route each month.
She has flown Captain on this aircraft more then ten years. My husband taught at Boeing in Long Beach, CA pilots on this aircraft. Pilots come from all over the world for training .


60 posted on 03/22/2009 5:59:16 PM PDT by mendedheart
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