Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashes at SFO

Post by fnordfnordfnord » Sun, Jul 07, 2013, 2:28 PM UTC

smegel wrote: post #269

Stratoscope wrote: post #196

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I transcribed part of it: 0:00-0:02 - Tower: "Asiana 214, San Francisco Tower, runway 28 left, cleared to land" 0:02-0:04 - Asiana 214 pilot: "Cleared to land left, Asiana 214" 0:05-0:08 - Tower: "Skywest 5427, fly runway heading and contact (north cal?) departure" (plane took off and is making a straight-out departure, and now will contact departure control) 0:09-0:12 - Skywest 5427 pilot: "OK, going to departure, S…

Any idea what stage of landing 214 was at when mention emergency vehicles? Had it hit the ground?

Post by maxcan » Sun, Jul 07, 2013, 8:26 PM UTC

skeletonjelly wrote: post #245

maxcan wrote: post #206

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ATC operators must be the most underrated people in our transportation system.

Underrated by who? Society? What's the most highly rated profession in transportation?

Post by duncan_bayne » Sun, Jul 07, 2013, 10:47 PM UTC

sbierwagen wrote: post #260

duncan_bayne wrote: post #252

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Why is brown particularly bad?

http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-158/iss... White smoke that is slow or lazy is most likely indicative of early-stage heating. One more important note about smoke color: brown smoke. Unfinished wood gives off a distinctive brown smoke as it approaches late-stage heating (just prior to flaming). In many cases, the only unfinished wood in a structure are the wall studs, floor joists, and roof rafter…