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To: gandalftb
Sorta reminds me of my first PSA 727 out of SFO in 1968. I could have sworn the jockey bumped the tail when he rotated...

This flight ended a little worse.

At just after 9 a.m. on September 25, 1978, a Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) 727 with 127 passengers and seven crew hit a Cessna 172 on approach to Lindbergh Airport in San Diego. Both aircraft fell into the North Park area of the city. All 135 on the PSA plane and both on board the Cessna were killed on impact as were seven on the ground."

12 posted on 09/11/2009 6:36:28 PM PDT by WVKayaker (Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C Clarke)
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To: WVKayaker
I read about the accident in your link. I read this. Sickening bastards who looted!

As is often the case with tragedies like this, it brought out the best - and worst - in the citizens of San Diego. An estimated 3000 people descended on the scene and some began looting the bodies and houses. Meanwhile, local establishments sent over food and drink for the rescuers while others went to blood banks to donate for what they hoped would be dozens of survivors.

31 posted on 09/11/2009 6:52:53 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: WVKayaker
At just after 9 a.m. on September 25, 1978, a Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) 727 with 127 passengers and seven crew hit a Cessna 172 on approach to Lindbergh Airport in San Diego.

Man, don't even get my noggin thinking about that horrible crash. Every time I start thinking about the horrific stories of the carnage on the ground, it gives me nightmares.

Grown men still go through counseling over what they saw that day in the North Park subdivision of San Diego.


32 posted on 09/11/2009 6:54:33 PM PDT by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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To: WVKayaker

yeah I remember that one it took out four houses on the ground, I ended up on the site where the Cessna went down.
not especially good memories.


48 posted on 09/11/2009 7:59:33 PM PDT by mtnjimmi (“When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.” Max Lerner)
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