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Air India Express plane crash-lands at Calicut airport
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| August 7, 2020
Posted on 08/07/2020 9:31:57 AM PDT by rdl6989
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posted on
08/07/2020 9:31:57 AM PDT
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rdl6989
To: rdl6989
killing at least three people and injuring more than 50 others
Could have been much worse. Good thing the plane didn't burn.
To: rdl6989
3??
What was the plane made of?
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posted on
08/07/2020 9:35:49 AM PDT
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dp0622
(Patriots: Better stand tall when they're calling you out. Don't bend, don't brweak, don't back down.)
To: AnotherUnixGeek; dp0622
I think the death toll will be much higher. The plane split in half.
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posted on
08/07/2020 9:37:46 AM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: rdl6989
The very definition of sheer terror.
Poor folks
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posted on
08/07/2020 9:40:27 AM PDT
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dp0622
(Patriots: Better stand tall when they're calling you out. Don't bend, don't brweak, don't back down.)
To: rdl6989
To: rdl6989
To: rdl6989
200 people onboard. How many on top?
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posted on
08/07/2020 9:50:59 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: rdl6989
Is that plane a total loss, or will they repair it and fly it again? If anyone knows...
To: Pearls Before Swine
It broke in two. Lots of stuff will be salvaged and reused, but the air frame is a total loss.
15 known dead.
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posted on
08/07/2020 10:10:43 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Quarantine the sick. Shield the vulnerable. Free everyone else!)
To: null and void
I thought it was broken off mostly at the nose from the photo, but relatively undamaged behind the break. I thought salvage was likely, but I wondered about the possibility of reconstruction.
To: null and void
Lots of stuff will be salvaged and reused, but the air frame is a total loss. 15 dead so far including both pilots.
The front part is crushed. Almost nothing is salvageable. it fell 35 feet from the runway to the fields below. It is a table top runway. Only about 6700 feet long. Ok in fine weather. A trap in crosswinds and heavy monsoon rains.
To: Pearls Before Swine
A total wreck. The engines, wings, Landing Gear all damaged. Said to be 15 years old.
To: IndianChief
Almost nothing is salvageable. There are plenty of expensive bits and pieces that aren't in the nose. Hydraulic valves for rudder and aileron control, landing gear struts, fuel pumps, engine components, A/C components, and any number of odds and bobs from seats to flight rated galley microwaves.
They'd all have to be tested and re-certified, but that's a lot cheaper than new parts! (Especially if the testing and re-certification are done, um, locally!)
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posted on
08/07/2020 10:56:26 AM PDT
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null and void
(Quarantine the sick. Shield the vulnerable. Free everyone else!)
To: null and void
no way are you some kind of simpleton have you never heard of flex tape?
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:01:09 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
To: al baby; IndianChief
Tell that to our Chief Indian...
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:10:15 AM PDT
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null and void
(Quarantine the sick. Shield the vulnerable. Free everyone else!)
To: IndianChief
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posted on
08/07/2020 11:18:41 AM PDT
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ripnbang
("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
To: dp0622
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posted on
08/07/2020 2:44:28 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: rdl6989
Indians cheat and bribe to get any certificates and licenses. Just like their cousins in Pakistan. This is not unexpected.
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08/07/2020 4:34:57 PM PDT
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Starcitizen
(Communist China needs to be treated like the pariah country it is. Send it back to 1971)
To: ripnbang
18 as of today but 15 critical....
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