fuckyeahwrecks
transportation gone awry
**two posts per day of a plane, train, auto, airship, streetcar etc that has come to an unfortunate end. (except in cases of breaking news).**
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This Day In Wrecks
1914: The RMS Empress of Ireland collides with the Storstad, a Norwegian coal ship, in the St. Lawrence River. She sinks in under 15 minutes, the damage exacerbated by water flooding through her open portholes, killing 1,012 people. (Pictured is the Storstad after the collision.)
1941: The British cargo ship SS Empire Storm is torpedoed and sunk by U-557 while traveling in a convoy south of Greenland.
1947: United Airlines Flight 521 crashes while attempting to takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, killing 42 people as it runs off the runway, crosses Grand Central Parkway, and hits an embankment. 6 people on the DC-4 survive.
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Photoset reblogged from Eye Catcher
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Photo reblogged from Emporium of Awesomeness
The crew of a US Navy Avenger is leaving his plane after a missed landing.
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Agni Air Flight CHT - Jomsom, Nepal - 5/14/2012 - 15 fatalities, 6 survivors.
The Dornier Do 228 crashed into a mountain during a go-around; the accident is still under investigation.
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Vulture vs. Iberia A340 - Madrid, Spain - 5/13/12. The plane came back for an emergency landing without incident.
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Looks like the ‘plane crash’ tag is about to be all Grey’s Anatomy for a few days.
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Sukhoi Superjet 100 Demonstration Flight - Mount Salak, Indonesia - 5/9/12 - 45 fatalities (no survivors).
Mount Salak is a dangerous area for planes.
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Swiss Air Flight 111 Memorial site: Whalesback, Nova Scotia.
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Photo reblogged from FLIGHT STATUS: DELAYED
Railway Air Services DC-3 - Ruislip, London, UK - 12/19/1946 - no fatalities.
The pilot tried to take off from London-Northolt Airport with snow on the wings.
(Source: taxifortakeoff)
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Link reblogged from Predictably Awesomehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/9231855/Air-France-Flight-447-Damn-it-were-going-to-crash.html
Whatever the cultural differences, there is a perceived safety issue, too. The American manufacturer was concerned about side sticks’ lack of visual and physical feedback. Indeed, it is hard to believe AF447 would have fallen from the sky if it had been a Boeing. Had a traditional yoke been installed on Flight AF447, Robert would surely have realised that his junior colleague had the lever pulled back and mostly kept it there. When Dubois returned to the cockpit he would have seen that Bonin was pulling up the nose.
The tragic accident was caused by a combination of pilot error and (in retrospect) poor design decisions. The article also discusses the philosophical and cultural differences in avionics between Boeing and Airbus.
(Quote and link via Daring Fireball)
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This Day in Wrecks (April 26)
1946: Two trains of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad crash in Naperville Illinois when the Exposition Flyer, going too fast to react in time, hits the stopped Advance Flyer; 47 people die. The crash has repercussions on high speed rail developments in the US. (pictured)
1993: Indian Airlines Flight 491 begins rotation late during takeoff from Aurangabad and hits a truck at the end of the runway. The 737 crashes, killing 55 people on board; 63 survive.
1994: While on approach to Nagoya, the FO of China Airlines Flight 140 accidentally engages the TO/GA mode, prompting the autopilot to react and the A300 to stall. Only 7 passengers out of the 271 on board survive the crash.
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Bhoja Air Flight 213 - Islamabad, Pakistan - 4/20/2012 - 127 fatalities, no survivors.
The 737-200 crashed on approach to Benazir Bhutto Airport. Currently under investigation; weather may have been a factor.
