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(Some Guy)		Airbus A340 in flames after skidding off runway at Toronto airport (ctv.ca)		625
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OBB		2005-08-02 04:51:24 PM

Hopefully polar bears won't eat the survivors.

lunarworks		2005-08-02 04:51:26 PM

bub2000
CP24 has live video:
www.pulse.24.com
on the right side, "watch CP24 live"

You mean http://www.pulse24.com/

Their bandwidth is gonna get raped real fast...

Norad		2005-08-02 04:51:33 PM

Only webcam I can locate so far.

mekkab		2005-08-02 04:51:42 PM

CanuckGuy; at this time my thoughts and prayers are with Omarion.

GonzoNihilist		2005-08-02 04:51:54 PM

Where will they burry the survivors?

hellphage		2005-08-02 04:51:55 PM

Does MSNBC think really have a useless news department?

From: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8801092/

"CNN said it appeared that there were 200 people aboard."

KaponoFor3		2005-08-02 04:51:57 PM

BarkingPumpkin: KaponoFor3 - Air France flies lots of Boeing craft

Well, I stand corrected. Had no idea.

/behold power of Fark: learn something new every day.

Luchador de la Calle Dos		2005-08-02 04:51:59 PM

i was on an airfrance flight last saturday that was very shaky. then i flew a delta in a thunderstorm and we got shook around like nobody's business. i hate flying

Mugato		2005-08-02 04:51:59 PM

It was Air France so we know it wasn't teh terrorists.

pfloyd95		2005-08-02 04:52:04 PM

I think Brian from briansprediction.com predicted this.

webfluid		2005-08-02 04:52:06 PM

The pictures you're seeing on CNN are coming from the traffic monitoring surveillance cameras.

Mitchellandrews		2005-08-02 04:52:23 PM

Looks like the fire trucks are gettin to work. The airport is pretty close to the 401, so I guess it's lucky it didn't go too far.

elvindeath		2005-08-02 04:52:26 PM

Per FoxNews, it was landing. Doesn't sound like textbook terrorism or anything. Many mechanical problems could've forced a skid. So could wine. Pray for the passengers and their families - that looks nasty.

Venge		2005-08-02 04:52:28 PM

In other news, the entire fleet of commercial jets is now grounded for two years.

JohnnyC		2005-08-02 04:52:50 PM

it's an Airbus 340.

Felgraf		2005-08-02 04:53:03 PM

Shiat.

Did anyone manage to make it out?

I_C_Weener		2005-08-02 04:53:06 PM

Hopefully polar bears won't eat the survivors.

Thanks to global warming, polar bears are extinct. They will have to worry about Anancondas though.

mark12A		2005-08-02 04:53:22 PM

"I can fly again. Sorry for those souls, but I knew one of these was due, so I have been (irrationally) holding off on flying."

Wrong! Disasters come in threes. You gotta wait until two more planes bite the dust, THEN, you'll be good to go.

Teekno		2005-08-02 04:53:36 PM

Why? Why, Zee?

videogame_deth		2005-08-02 04:54:05 PM

God damnit Airbus...
not sure if this was pilot error or what... but Airbus has a nasty reputation anyway. Leave it to Boeing, even Loockheed to a lesser extent.

/no time to RTFA

boojumhunter		2005-08-02 04:54:06 PM

RIP

Contrabulous Flabtraption		2005-08-02 04:54:14 PM

turrrrrrrururism?

CanuckGuy		2005-08-02 04:54:25 PM

OBB

Hopefully polar bears won't eat the survivors.

Not in the summer. If this were descember that might be a risk. No, they're more likely to have there bones picked clean by gangs of roving racoons. That is if they don't drown in the mountains of Canada goose poop first.

Macthulhu		2005-08-02 04:54:37 PM

Blame Cana... Oh. Nevermind.

The NaSkAr		2005-08-02 04:55:03 PM

change the headline admins heh

kojote		2005-08-02 04:55:04 PM

Now they have controll of the weather?

helioquake		2005-08-02 04:55:09 PM

Felgraf: Did anyone manage to make it out?

I doubt many would survive a hard crash. The fuselage is burning badly.

studebaker hoch		2005-08-02 04:55:19 PM

That's going to be quite the logbook entry for that pilot.

setaanbomb		2005-08-02 04:55:29 PM

I thought all flights were non-smoking.

/end UPN writer input

NoAssemblyReqd		2005-08-02 04:55:50 PM

I'll be afraid to fly when events like this become mundane enough to STOP making the news...

/flying this fall

robo domo		2005-08-02 04:55:52 PM

link is farked

bub2000		2005-08-02 04:55:57 PM

lunarworks: You mean http://www.pulse24.com/

whooops. yeah. that's the link.

morrisonsl		2005-08-02 04:56:06 PM

Qantas has never lost a jet aircraft, no fatalities since about '51 iirc.

CommTHOR		2005-08-02 04:56:24 PM

I drive right past there on my way home. The commute is going to suck tonight.

dunno		2005-08-02 04:56:41 PM

it was fighting to stay on the runway - but just surrendered....

Gaboo		2005-08-02 04:56:42 PM

That internet prediction guy said there was going to be a plane crash just recently... I hope he's wrong about the ricin in the water supply.

/half kidding

GWShenlong05		2005-08-02 04:56:52 PM

the_pgoat

I have heard that it was landing. According to a TFer who can see the smoke from where he is.

I work on the other side of the 427 from the Airport, and I can see the top of the smoke plumes from out the window.

As far as I've heard on AM 680, the passengers were evacuated, and it was a bad takeoff. Most of the flights were delayed due to the thunderstorm, and I guess this pilot missed the memo.

lunarworks		2005-08-02 04:56:53 PM

Live Video on CP24. (Pops)

Click "Watch CP24 Live" on the right side.

BarkingPumpkin		2005-08-02 04:57:02 PM

Yeah, it's looking grim as far as survivors based on the video I'm seeing. Such a good record for lack of crashes at YYZ, too...until now.

TheRealG		2005-08-02 04:57:12 PM

Plane is AIR FRANCE
Looks bad...

Wanebo		2005-08-02 04:57:22 PM

Any links yet to the webcams?

Loud_Mouth_Soup		2005-08-02 04:57:22 PM

Before you all go on a terror kick, read my other post, and those around here-there has been a nasty storm rolling through the area and Pearson was closing because of it.

jqfarker		2005-08-02 04:57:26 PM

Pulse 24 just said pilot and copilot are both alive

bub2000		2005-08-02 04:57:32 PM

Direct Link for video:
http://mfile.akamai.com/11595/live/reflector:36820.asx?bkup=36821&prop=n

MattFoley		2005-08-02 04:57:38 PM

We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
Comes on at five
She can tell you bout the plane crash with a gleam
In her eye
Its interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry

FallingKnife		2005-08-02 04:57:43 PM

Pilot & copilot survived and will be debriefed. (according to Fox.)

booyamcnasty		2005-08-02 04:57:47 PM

Scary - my folks left for france (from Pearson) this time last week.

I've see the newsflash tag almost every day, but this is the first time I've seen it with Toronto in the headline.

setaanbomb		2005-08-02 04:57:54 PM

I'll be afraid to fly when events like this become mundane enough to STOP making the news...

ABC News broke into Teen Jeopardy to tell everyone about this crash. Yes, I was watching and still getting the questions wrong. Or is it the answers wrong?