2005-11-21 01:16:14 PM SpaceyCat

And the emphasis in the article that the Chairman was NOT on the plane???? WTF??? So no one else matters?

Stock traders are a jittery bunch. A news article like this could spark a panic selloff of Nike and other stocks from folks that think it will doom the company.

Then when nothing happens (hopefully), the company still takes a big financial hit for no reason.

When I first saw this (and the one in Atlanta last week) on CNN, I thought "My God, more hijacked airplane attacks." Then I watched for a minute, saw what was going on, and thought "My God, these news people need to get a life."

Ask any pilot...it's not even that hard to do, with any experience whatsoever.

I understand the landing gear was made in Guatemala for $1.29 but sold to Nike for $155.

Seems they are having a problem with that little pump thing...

Mob Barley: I wonder if Jordan was on that plane?

MSNBC said no sports figures or other celebreties are on board, nor is Phil Knight. There are four civilians and three crew; they are speculating that the four are Nike execs.

I lack the ghoulish anticipatory gene that anchors seem to have.

alt headline:

after covering all other news in the world, cable news networks watch empty air for hours on end

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetims.

25,000 gallons of fuel is too much, I think they mean 25,000 lb of fuel.

.According to wikipedia:

Gulfstrem G5:

Maximum Fuel Weight : 35,200 lb / 15,966 kg
Maximum Takeoff Weight : 85,100 lb / 38,601 kg
Jet fuel weighs ~6 lb/gallon
25,000 gallons = 150,000 lb of fuel
25,000 lb = 5866 gallons.

flucto

Gulf V Max takeoff weight is 90,000 lbs. Max fuel is 41,000 lbs. (About 6800 gallons) STFU, flucto.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/c-37-specs.htm

BCroz - Looks like you picked the wrong week to cancel your "hooked on phonics" subscription.

munkyv22: they got stuck

Sure, I figured that.

It's an issue of clarity in headlines.

Not Retracted = Flight Problem

Not Extended = Landing Problem

sad stuff, hope for the best.

As scary as the news is making this sound, it really should be a non-event. The landing will have a lot of sparks as the plane goes in belly first once the landing gear snaps. However, if the pilot is worth anything, he should be able to bring the plane in with no loss of life. With all of the fire-fighting equipment they will have on hand, this should be no big deal.

kgw.com has a live feed, but requires registration.

Flucto, I think docjekyl just meant that any reasonably competent pilot can perform an emergency landinging when the only problem is 'the gear won't come up'.

For you non-pilots, an emergency landing with full power, full controls, and plenty of fuel on-board to allow time to plan won't be fun, but it's certainly not the imminent doom local news likes to predict when things like this happen.

I guess it landed:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N225GV (pops)

local news reports only 3 crew, 3 senior nike execs onboard, one other nike staffer, no sports stars.

Thanks Fark! I had heard nothing about this, now im watching it on MSNBC.

woot!

Ah it's just another stupid marketing gimmick.

/prefers Adidas

big red slash mark for me

I will not spell amphetamines wrong
I will not spell amphetamines wrong
I will not spell amphetamines wrong
I will not spell amphetamines wrong

/who knew my old english teacher trolled this board
//fark needs spell check

KGW in Portland had a reporter on who just spoke to someone at Nike, and that person "would not confirm" that the CEO is on board.

Also did not deny, obviously, so...

It's a good thing they don't put every car crash in the news like this.

If you could put a camera on any given location and say, "OK, there's a 60% chance of a car crash right here in fifteen minutes," you know all the networks would be on it immediately.

Already happens in CA with police chases.

Plane has been cleared for a "low flyover" at Hillsboro, a smaller airport southwest of PDX. They'll fly past the tower to get a visual inspection the landing gear.

Going to do a low fly-by at Hillsboro so ground crew can get a visual inspection of the gear.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

If I was on that plane, there'd be a gulfstream running down my leg.

Good one.

flucto,
As have the few guys I know who've had emergency landings. I never had worse than a mild incidence of carb ice. Particularly with high-mount engines, I'll take a no-gear with full power and control landing over an 'OMFG the engines are on fire' landing any day.

My sister knows that pilot. She is a flight attendant and almost took this very job.
/holy shiat Im so stoked she is not on that plane!!!

On MSNBC now

Why don't they just hire some 8 year olds from Indonesia to brake the plane Fred Flintstone style?

Since this plane began circling, forty of their slave laborer children have probably died.

So, basically, this is news because they're uber rich execs. I'm sure their insurance policies will pay their respective familes handsomely if the plane ends up in a fireball on the runway.

*Tries to summon his sympathies*
*Fails*

/just don't see how this affects me one way or the other

redoctober65
I love it when you kids start talking that trash, yet you know absoultley shiat on the topic.

Gulfstream 5? I always loved crashing it on landing with Microsoft Flight Simulator.

I just wanted to tell you good luck. We're all counting on you.

According to Flightaware he's descending right now