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Re: Plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto airport

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> I don't understand why...

Spend some time talking to a Libertarian zealot. Not saying that you should believe any of their assertions. Let alone adopt their worldview. But you might get a sense of how less-government-is-always-better "logic" works.

Re: Plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto airport

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I stitched together a small audio clip from LiveATC with both the Ground and Tower frequencies mapped to the Left and Right audio channels. It starts around the time the aircraft was cleared to land, and then skips forward to the moment the controllers realized the aircraft crashed.

Here is a link to the .mp3 file (it's on Discord for now - I don't know if this is allowed, let me know if it isn't):

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/668315121772134401/13...

Re: Plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto airport

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0q080y02xgt Also, posted later as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43083016 https://liveandletsfly.com/delta-crash-toronto/

In terms of mainstream coverage, CBC's is better: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-pearson-overt...

"water machine"

Re: Plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto airport

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It's going to be interesting to hear how the plane ended up flipped upside down. There's ice on the ground so maybe a skid on braking resulting in hitting something near the runway causing the flip.

Not-insignificant winds may also have played a factor.

Re: Plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto airport

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That's incredible. The plane literally turned over and burnt but no casualty. The flight staff must have done as amazing job keeping everyone calm and helped everyone get out of the upside, burning plane.

3 in critical condition so I read.

Re: Plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto airport

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Video from a passanger, the hull is upside down! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=617972644350232

And the wing is missing

I think the tail assembly also sheared off.

Here's what the CRJ900 looks like intact: https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/780xany/0/8/3...

Tail and/or wing debris can be seen on the left side of this photo (forward of the aircraft nose): https://i.cbc.ca/1.7461358.1739833036!/cpImage/httpImage/ima...

Re: Plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto airport

#30

Maybe we should build more railways. The ground is more stable than the air.

Just because the ground is more stable than the air doesn't mean there aren't train collisions.

Air travel actually has a lower fatality rate per mile than trains do. Rail crossings can be dangerous places.

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