Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashes at SFO

Post by jarfcl » Sat, Jul 06, 2013, 10:41 PM UTC

richtr wrote: post #156

While we are looking at reasons why this crash happened it may be worthwhile to consider Malcolm Gladwell's suggestion in his book 'Outliers' that Korean cultural legacy, where the High Power Distance ratio between bosses (the pilot) and their underlings (such as the co-pilot) were responsible for a series of Korean Air crashes in the 1990s. "In addition to weather and pilot fatigue, he blames those crashes on crew m…

Post by austenallred » Sat, Jul 06, 2013, 10:46 PM UTC

shock-value wrote: post #169

austenallred wrote: post #166

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Saying that I'm "excited" about a tragedy (I'll remove the word "potential" as so far at least two people have died) is unfair. You make it seem like I'm getting stoked that a plane crashed. I'm not trying to "hawk" anything, but am trying to help create a system that will help people understand the world around them in a better, more efficient way. If linking to it in this thread feels cheap then I apologize, but th…

Edit: scratch the original response here, I mixed your username up with another user's reply. Sorry about that. I still feel you shouldn't be promoting your website/news service in this thread, however.

Post by markdown » Sat, Jul 06, 2013, 10:50 PM UTC

tankenmate wrote: post #165

bfung wrote: post #134

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From what I saw it impacted before the runway. This brings back memories of the British Airways 777 that came down early due to loss of power to both engines (Speedbird 38, Beijing to London). The cause of that was ice blocking the fuel filters which starved both engines. The thing to check here was what altitude the plane was flying at for most of the flight, and what temperature it was at that altitude along the fl…

Post by aylons » Sat, Jul 06, 2013, 10:57 PM UTC

bane wrote: post #137

justin66 wrote: post #88

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The bottlenecks in their escape were the doorway and the crew's deployment of the inflatable slide. Rushing the door in a panic would have done nobody any good. In a situation like that, why wouldn't you grab your bag if it was readily accessible? It seems like healthy, rational behavior rather than a symptom of extreme confusion.

Also, since it's an international flight, people's travel papers are likely in their backpacks, etc. If you take the time to grab your backpack, you may as well grab whatever else before you head out.

Post by leot » Sat, Jul 06, 2013, 11:07 PM UTC

LaGrange wrote: post #140

AndyKelley wrote: post #60

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Point out that the fact that this is newsworthy underscores how rare of an occurrence it is.

My friend with flight anxiety actually got it from researching airplane safety. While they did learn about probabilities n'all, they also learned about way too many details, after which every single sound seems like the oscillating electron pump failure on Molvania flight 52317 where nobody survived the spontaneous atmosphere exit. It's not exactly rational, it's your silly brain suddenly deciding the specific probab…