Jet On Fire at LAS

[AAPalmTree]

We have our doors trainer at QX as a result of an engine fire/controlled crash...I know both pilots from this incident (they're both still at QX), great guys and they did a kickass job bringing this airplane back with no loss of life.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880415-0&lang=en

Was this the accident at SEA where they hit the jet bridge? Never seen these pics.

 

[fholbert]

Also you mentioned SAC, guessing it is Strategic Air Command, is there an official term for this kind of launch?

SAC called it an EWO Launch (Emergency War Order) when I was in the Air Force. The base I was at had KC-135's and they would be launching at the same time to meet up and top off the bombers in the mid flight levels.

Could have been a MITO Launch but in my experience that looked more like a practice EWO Launch (It is SAC after all). The MITO Launch often has nothing to do with practicing for war it's simply multiple aircraft departing one behind the other. Transports used it often in my experience.

Edit: The more I think about it a EWO launch would have MITO incorporated into it.

 

[RDoug]

So does wake turbulence not matter in this case or has there been lots of practice involved? Also you mentioned SAC, guessing it is Strategic Air Command, is there an official term for this kind of launch?

It's a MITO launch (Minimum Interval Take-Off), and, yes, wake turbulence is still an issue. That's why immediately after lift off the aircraft break in order left-right-straight-repeat, to get out of the wake as soon as possible. Most of the video the camera sweeps back to the next departure before you can see the break-out, but you can view one B-52 turning right at the 3:53 mark.

 

[RDoug]

Ooops. I see Mike beat me to that answer.

 

[Minuteman]

 

[Minuteman]

Also, Facebook is terrible news stuff.

 

[Xcaliber]

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Damn!

(Can I say that? Probably not.)

 

[fast89pony]

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That won't buff out..

 

[Wardogg]

 

[BlueMoon]

Whoa

 

[ian]

Good lord

 

[Skåning]

Good lord

 

[derg]

Spicy.

On the "how you sound over the radio when you're 'heavily concerned'" — I just come out sounding like Vince Vaughan fast-talking a stripper when I'm on the radio and craps hitting the fan.

Don't even ask for a reference.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Reminds me of British Air Tours 28M. Based on the wind direction and max use of reverse thrust to reject the takeoff, the fuselage was compromised with fire damage and lots of smoke. This looks eerily similar.

 

[MikeD]

Clark County just provided ARFF/CFR units worldwide, including my own company, with training material on how to respond and operate effectively and efficiently. Whether an Index A unit, or an entire Index E department, there's some great training value demonstrated here.

Would love to sit through the debrief on this one. Well done.

 

[bp]

Looks like they may have cooked the ol' biscuit tin there, chaps!
Props to CFR, looks like it could have been ugly

 

[rausda27]

Saw a video where one of the pilots can be seen in the yellow vest with his hat on. One must keep up appearances even in the face of danger. Good chap!

 

[NickH]

In England he has to have the yellow vest. Just imagine if he'd forgotten it, he'd have died five or six times on the way out!

 

[MikeD]

I couldn't believe that nonsense the first time I saw it.

Lots of criticism for not only the crew, but for FedEx dispatching as well as MEM ATC, in that accident.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Lots of criticism for not only the crew, but for FedEx dispatching as well as MEM ATC, in that accident.

I expect stupidity from the average traveling member of the public but for an airline crewmember, and especially a flight deck crewmember, it is unfathomable that one would idiotically stay in the flight deck tossing out bags and gifts while the aircraft is BURNING.