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[N804SY]

The airport is reopened but with no CFR (Crash Fire Rescue) so some airlines are not allowing flight to go through there because of the conditions of their insurance policies on their aircraft.

[Cactus]

Here in Canada, we have our OWN Transportation Safety Board which investigates accidents.

Whichever ignorant American thinks the NTSB will be "investigating" should be shot.

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Edited by Brad, 03 August 2005 - 12:36 PM.

[dolbinau]

Pff, Eye-witness acounts for a high/fast approach, or something like that, There are so many rumours, we still don't know what happened.

[Cactus]

My bet is that the braking action was poor and it couldn't stop in time, thus effectively sliding off the end of the runway into the ravine.

Funnily enough, they decided to land the largest aircraft at Pearson onto the smallest runway. Typical GTAA and NavCanada for you.

[Paramedic]

Duke, on Aug 2 2005, 10:04 PM, said:

Whichever ignorant American thinks the NTSB will be "investigating" should be shot.

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[funtown34]

Nice job getting everyone out of that plane. Now I'm just curious where who ever it was got the idea that there were '5 casualties'...

[Cactus]

Just like the NTSB investigated the crash of Swissair 111...haha

Although we did require some of their military expertise with underwater ROVs to examine and recover the wreckage, this is a completely different situation.

[Air-France-team]

In any case, thank you with the flight crew for their professionalism. Gods of aviation be with us yesterday.

Now let us leave the investigation unrolled. Today the BEA (Office investigations and accidents / Bureau enquêtes et accidents) arrives at Canada for carried out the investigation jointly with the Canadian services.

[vhqpa]

thank god everyone is ok. It kind of seems stange to me that Air France is the only airline that has w/o a A340 Twice.


Jason

[Liam.]

Thank god everyone survived!

Maybe theres gonna be an ACI programmw about this, it's the type of accident they would cover

[Air-France-team]

Small information:  A press conference will be given by Air France in 48 minutes. Can be in will know more...

[Flying_Scotsman]

Very lucky.  Suggestions ot was hit by lightning as the plane went dark (losts all electrics) just before touchdown.

God, I landed at Zuirch 2 weeks ago and a huge fork of lighting hut the ground about 1km of to the right, I sh"" myself but said nothing or else my girlfriend might have had a heart attack.  was the scariest thing I have seen when flying I normally I love the rough weather.

[VHHH90]

All 309 aboard survive fiery Air France A340 crash.
All 309 passengers and crew survived after an Air France Airbus burst into flames when it overshot the runway and crashed into a gully at Toronto's Pearson International Airport in a lightning storm on Tuesday.
It is a miracle no body was injured

[vhqpa]

The aircraft was F-GLZQ I don't think this has posted this yet. any news on the injured passengers?



Jason

[FlightSim56]

Duke, on Aug 2 2005, 10:04 PM, said:

Here in Canada, we have our OWN Transportation Safety Board which investigates accidents.

Whichever ignorant American thinks the NTSB will be "investigating" should be shot.

Admin note:  Keep talking like that and you can find another forum to frequent.

[andrew_c]

I posted this in the other topic, but I will put it here as well.

Here is an Air Canada A340-300 (same as Air France) that is landing on the same runway (06R) but the other way than the air france.  

http://www.airliners....file/892528/L/

Here you can see the crash: the road and everyhting in my photo is in sight.



The ravine that they are in is about 200 or so feet deep just off the edge of one of the access roads.

The firecrews would of had one ###### of a time getting out there, we will learn soon what went well and what didn't go to plan in the rescue.  I hear my dad has driven up to investigate with the airport authority, so I will talk to him next time I call him.



Image is somewhat old, but I had a really nice tour of yyz with the airport fire servieces last year.  Very good guys (and women too).

[LEVT_FL350]

ADSimpson, on Aug 2 2005, 07:38 PM, said:

LEVT_FL350, on Aug 2 2005, 07:59 PM, said:

Now searching if we have videos on FL350 of the a/c.

There won't be any videos on FL350.com because they have a policy against plane crash videos.

Lol, I know, I'm actually a part of the team    But I was talking about landing at St Marteen or something like that.

[Cactus]

Whoa Andrew what happened to your hair LOL

OK, I changed my mind. I believe the aircraft crashed because there was too much rain and it should have diverted to KANSAS CITY. The plane skidded off the end of the runway because there was lightning and the pilots got scared! and couldn't concentrate  

I hope NASA does a good investigation and prevents this from happening again

Edited by Duke, 03 August 2005 - 01:46 PM.