planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
48 dead in the earthquake but then a plane lands and collides with another plane delivering earthquake aid. All 379 on board survived the inferno but the small planes crew are most likely dead.
Japan Earthquake (Jan 2024) and plane collision
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Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Jeepers, good that everyone on the JAL got out, awful if the coastguard plane's occupants died though.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
An old comrade of mine lives in Ishikawa. I sent her a text yesterday but heard nowt back. I hope she and her daughter are okay.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Something went seriously wrong there.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Something went seriously wrong there.
Two planes on the same runway. Passenger accounts suggest the two planes collided the second JAL touched down, perhaps even momentarily before it's wheels were even fully on the ground. The landing gear collapsed.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Full on video of the landing
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
That video looks like the JAL landed on top of the coastguard aircraft. Terrifying stuff.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Indeed. Somehow, one of the coastguard crew survived. 5 dead. This was their plane.
JAL was an Airbus A 350
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
If one survived, that is amazing.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
They're saying that the passenger plane managed to get everyone off in two minutes. That has to be record time and likely saved a lot of lives.
Someone somewhere must have really screwed up to have two planes on the same runway at the same time.
Someone somewhere must have really screwed up to have two planes on the same runway at the same time.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
And they only had the front chutes to work with.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
The A350 is my favourite passenger plane currently in service, two minutes makes it even more so!
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Just heard back. They're okay. Their town wasn't hit so badly.
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
And now, inevitably, the conspiracy theories arrive
japantoday.com
Gov't warns about spread of false social media info on Noto quake
False information concerning a powerful earthquake in central Japan on New Year's Day has been spreading on social media platforms, prompting the government on Wednesday to call for the public to exercise caution. Some posts have attributed the cause of the magnitude-7.6 quake that struck the...
japantoday.com
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Sadly, 'quakes are par for the course in Japan but this time of year seems to collect them.
At least the building regs, and population are able to "cope" in some ways ...
Even the devastating ones.
Glad to hear that krtek & others are safe.
Plane accidents are something else ...
That was a frightening collision / fire with some horrible consequences.
Provisionally, I would suggest that there was a failure in air/ground control procedures that resulted in the two aircraft getting onto the same runway.
My initial thought was that the coastguard plane had been dragged along the runway under the much larger airbus.
I'm impressed with how quickly & safely the JAL plane was evacuated - all out with only 14 minor injuries.
And, how well the airbus stood up structurally - even if the fire took a long time to subdue.
At least the building regs, and population are able to "cope" in some ways ...
Even the devastating ones.
Glad to hear that krtek & others are safe.
Plane accidents are something else ...
That was a frightening collision / fire with some horrible consequences.
Provisionally, I would suggest that there was a failure in air/ground control procedures that resulted in the two aircraft getting onto the same runway.
My initial thought was that the coastguard plane had been dragged along the runway under the much larger airbus.
I'm impressed with how quickly & safely the JAL plane was evacuated - all out with only 14 minor injuries.
And, how well the airbus stood up structurally - even if the fire took a long time to subdue.
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
Last March and the March the year previously, we had strong quakes (not on the scale of 2011).
They never used to scare, but they do now. Tbh, the phone alarm warning is quite terrifying just before.
PTK
Paul Kegan
I am old enough to remember when one of the supposed benefits of the web was that anyone could become a “citizen journalist”. The bourgeois media could no longer keep the truth from the people, it was claimed.And now, inevitably, the conspiracy theories arrive
Gov't warns about spread of false social media info on Noto quake
False information concerning a powerful earthquake in central Japan on New Year's Day has been spreading on social media platforms, prompting the government on Wednesday to call for the public to exercise caution. Some posts have attributed the cause of the magnitude-7.6 quake that struck the...
As far as I was concerned, that claim proved to be false when one "citizen journalists" falsely reported that a second person had been killed at the anti-capitalism protests in Genoa in 2001. However, I think that the person who originally made that claim probably did so in good faith.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
They are trained to get all the passengers out within 90 seconds but couldn't use the middle doors.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
People conforming to national stereotype would surely have helped; leaving in an orderly fashion and obeying the instructions.
Unlike these dicks in the US:
And Ethiopean Airlines flight 961 which crashed in to the sea off the Comoros, the passengers who survived were the ones who didn't inflate their lifejackets until they had exited the aircraft.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Some reports are only doors L&R1 could be opened.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Yep, but you always have asshats that don't think the instructions really apply to them, clogging up the exits with unnecessary items that slow the whole process down.
Hollis
bloody furious
Yes -I'm not too sure what would've happned with a flight full of British passengers... I'm not too optomistic..
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
The fire was largely contained to the left wing until all passengers were off. Then it spread. The fact it was largely contained for so long is testament to the fire-resistant materials used in modern aircraft.
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