Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Miracle escape for 108 passengers as plane overshoots runway and lands in the SEA in Bali
UK Daily Mail ^ | April 13, 2013 | Anthony Bond and Richard Shears

Posted on 04/13/2013 7:46:06 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

More than 100 passengers had a miracle escape today after a plane overshot a runway off the coast of Bali and crashed into the sea.

Eyewitnesses said passengers fearing for their lives screamed in panic as the Lion Air jet overshot the runway at Ngurah Rai Airport, near Denparsar.

The aircraft, carrying 101 passengers and seven crew members - then fell into the sea from a height of about 50 metres.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: airplanes; aviation; bali; boeing
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-38 last
To: Moose4
Wikipedia Entry: "The aircraft’s fuselage was slightly ruptured in a video published by local media."

Yep, a few rivets and some aluminum strips and that baby will be good as new.

21 posted on 04/13/2013 12:41:28 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

Where is Carfax for airliners when you need it?

“It’s like new” their ad on Craiglist says


22 posted on 04/13/2013 12:44:12 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeStatement

Now we know why an airline with 92 planes has orders for 543 more.


23 posted on 04/13/2013 12:46:53 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

“FOR SALE: One low-hour Boeing 737-800 with winglets, one owner, new paint, new upholstery, new brakes, minor scuff damage. Contact Lion Air, Jakarta.”

}:-)4


24 posted on 04/13/2013 1:52:34 PM PDT by Moose4 (SHALL. NOT. BE. INFRINGED.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Moose4

I bet that will be a long wait at the baggage carousel....


25 posted on 04/13/2013 1:57:45 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: Moose4

“Which makes no sense...”

Practicing backward landings?


26 posted on 04/13/2013 2:00:09 PM PDT by beelzepug (Telling other people they need to die is a good way to get your own lamp blown out.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

So... how many people didn’t ‘wait’ ?


27 posted on 04/14/2013 8:00:56 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom
Yep, a few rivets and some aluminum strips and that baby will be good as new.

You forgot the mop.

28 posted on 04/14/2013 8:02:38 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Moose4
Like you said, there’s no way a 737-800 should run off the end of a 9800-foot runway on landing.

Yet... a way was found.

29 posted on 04/14/2013 8:06:59 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: PAR35
No slides deployed?

Isn't that what they are standing on ? Those people at the rear section aren't standing on a wing.

30 posted on 04/14/2013 8:08:16 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: mountn man

Looks to me like they ‘plopped’ into exactly the right spot.

Any landing you can walk away from , is a good one.


31 posted on 04/14/2013 8:09:46 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: C210N
So, some wild speculation: brake failure... or, touchdown half way or more down the runway.

Probably not really 'wild'.

32 posted on 04/14/2013 8:15:24 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: UCANSEE2

Looking at posts 6 again, and at 21, and I don’t see any anyone standing on anything. And I certainly don’t see any bright yellow slides in either picture. Clicking on the link, I do see folks standing on the wing, and some folks wading through the water toward shore. One picture seems to show a couple of empty boats of differing sizes pulled up to the front doors.

If the rear slides had deployed, the folks wouldn’t have to wade - the one on the right side would have about reached to shore.


33 posted on 04/14/2013 11:16:58 AM PDT by PAR35
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

Is it time for airlines to tell us the nationality of the pilots (plus their experience) as well as the the type of plane?

This has nothing to do with that the pilots were Indian.

However, why aren't local pilots being used on a domestic flight?

Wouldn't they have far more knowledge of the airport?

Moreover, wouldn't they be cheaper?

34 posted on 04/14/2013 11:21:54 AM PDT by Jakarta ex-pat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yeah, that’ll buff right out.


35 posted on 04/14/2013 11:28:18 AM PDT by Bob
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeStatement

HOPELESS reporting!

The aircraft did not overshoot. It crashed on APPROACH, short of the runway. Wind shear is possible cause.

The slides were deployed, and used as rafts to carry survivors to the shore. The aircraft, still afloat, was towed in and beached.

Truly a miracle that nobody was killed.


36 posted on 04/14/2013 5:53:15 PM PDT by punchamullah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GeronL

That’s not funny. I sold a 747-300 (we had just upgraded to the -400 and wanted to sell fast to cover our costs and pay down the loan). I listed it on Craigslist and had about 150 offers in under 5 minutes. After sorting the Nigrian Princes from the pretenders I negotiated a deal.

Guy wanted a test flight and so we agreed. He came out, kicked the tires and loved it. I turned over the title, signed it and he handed me a cashiers check. Off he flies into the sunset.

My banker calls me a day later. It was a fraudulent check. Lesson learned. Next time: Paypal.


37 posted on 04/18/2013 7:12:15 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: 1010RD

ouch!


38 posted on 04/18/2013 8:46:55 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-38 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson