A really good landing is where the plane can be used again.

Gear extended, upside down airplanes always remind me of my kitchen floor :(

Depends. Does crawling out and immediately vomiting all over yourself count as "walking away"?

How did anyone survive this?

Answer: Nothing explody caught fire and the airplane is still more or less intact, protecting the passengers somewhat from impact.

Next question?

s2s2s2: [upload.wikimedia.org image 220x314]

Yeah, that's okay, but I prefer the Gaean trilogy.

/you've probably never heard of it.

For reference, this is what the plane is supposed to look like:

By the looks of the picture, that must have been one HUGE can of Raid.

Fog and wind, pfffft... Try landing a 737 at Courchevel.

JohnAnnArbor: For reference, this is what the plane is supposed to look like:

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Looking at the windows on the aircraft, there seems to be a lot of extra non-passenger space between the entry door and the cockpit. If that was a US carrier, they'd have jammed another five rows in there.

It was just oriented for the wrong hemisphere.

"Landing right side up is for beginners. Watch how I do it!"

JohnAnnArbor: For reference, this is what the plane is supposed to look like:

And here's what it looked like in before the Russians copied it from the Americans:

"Any crash you can walk away from is a good crash."

Safest year in the history of worldwide aviation, according to the Left Wing Wall Street Journal.

Thanks to Libertarianism and the lack of government regulations, some WSJ shill will tell you.

/$8 to book on Ryanair
//But thankfully no "safety" fees -- so you have no safety

roothog: JohnAnnArbor: For reference, this is what the plane is supposed to look like:

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Looking at the windows on the aircraft, there seems to be a lot of extra non-passenger space between the entry door and the cockpit. If that was a US carrier, they'd have jammed another five rows in there.

You're assuming the Soviets cared whether all passenger rows had windows.

Tupolev / Doompolev continues its ritual un-prosecuted pre-meditated killing of passengers world wide. From forcing Communist destroyed countries to buy Tupolev to get aid, to failing the Tu-334 100% working-parts test, Doompolev builds on its reputation for falling out of the sky. ILS landing, level and it "flips over". Ницца. Хорошие самолеты.

Worst case scenario would be a hard belly flop, which kills people by dislocating necks. This plane was already on the ground before flipping over, so worst impact on a person was the equivalent of a 20-30 foot drop against lap belts. I'd expect a lot of broken femurs and back problems.

FoxholeAtheist: Talking about the spoked ring in the picture?

/read it 3rd/1st/2nd

Omnivorous: Safest year in the history of worldwide aviation, according to the Left Wing Wall Street Journal.

Thanks to Libertarianism and the lack of government regulations, some WSJ shill will tell you.

/$8 to book on Ryanair
//But thankfully no "safety" fees -- so you have no safety

Am I the only one who gets sick of the idiotic caricatures of BOTH sides of the regulatory battle? The people saying there are too many regulations, some of which are overly complex, generally AREN'T saying that all regulations should be thrown out tomorrow. The people saying that regulations that have the force of law behind them are required for some industries generally AREN'T saying they'd like to snuff out the businesses being regulated.

Kimet: FoxholeAtheist: Talking about the spoked ring in the picture?

/read it 3rd/1st/2nd

Nope, talking about that Millennium was also written by John Varley, and making a hipster joke.

Flint Ironstag: A really good landing is where the plane can be used again.

Picky picky picky

heinekenftw: How did anyone survive this?

Answer: Nothing explody caught fire and the airplane is still more or less intact, protecting the passengers somewhat from impact.

Next question?

This. People wore seatbelts, so besides the head-bumping of being rolled onto the side, then upside-down, there likely wasn't a whole lot of stuff flying around inside the cabin.

/This is why personal belongings must be *securely* stowed before landing.
//Still not something I'd ever want to experience, but hardly as horrific as TFA makes it out to be.
///Why yes, I *have* watched way too many airline disaster shows, how did you guess?

olddeegee: FTA-
"The Kyrgyzstan Airlines Tu-134 aircraft skidded off the runway at the airport in Osh(iat!), Kyrgyzstan"

OshKosh B'Gosh.

Gyrfalcon: When you stack people on pallets instead of giving them seats, they're already in a crash-survivable position, so naturally they're going to live through the crash. Plus, they can be off-loaded with forklifts at airports which lack jetways.

And a great landing is one where you can use the plane again. This wasn't a great landing.

PlatinumDragon: Tupolev / Doompolev continues its ritual un-prosecuted pre-meditated killing of passengers world wide. From forcing Communist destroyed countries to buy Tupolev to get aid, to failing the Tu-334 100% working-parts test, Doompolev builds on its reputation for falling out of the sky. ILS landing, level and it "flips over". Ницца. Хорошие самолеты.

BRAVO. Wow, just wow.

Where did that meme/Fark cliche originate anyways?

Silly, drunk me, why is the belly all 'sploded? Just a result of the crash??

A great landing means you can use the plane again.

roothog: And here's what it looked like in before the Russians copied it from the Americans:

Nah, like most Soviet/Russian airliners, it's probably a repurposed Cold War bomber design.

Damn, they don't build planes like that anymore. All these new flimsy planes just break apart -- they're just too small to be safe. That's some quality Detroit steel, there -- survivability!

Yoeman: Silly, drunk me, why is the belly all 'sploded? Just a result of the crash??

"'The plane skidded off the runway and turned to the left side. Its wing was smashed off. A loud explosion was heard.'"

I think it rolled over its left wing onto its back, smashing off the left wing, ripping its spar right out the belly of the craft, and in retaliation, all the fuel lines and tanks, now broken up, said f u and blew themselves up.

But that's my wild ass guess.

Gyrfalcon: jaytkay: Gyrfalcon: When you stack people on pallets instead of giving them seats, they're already in a crash-survivable position, so naturally they're going to live through the crash. Plus, they can be off-loaded with forklifts at airports which lack jetways.

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Don't be silly, boats can't fly.

Oh, yeah? Some can:

roothog: JohnAnnArbor: For reference, this is what the plane is supposed to look like:

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Looking at the windows on the aircraft, there seems to be a lot of extra non-passenger space between the entry door and the cockpit. If that was a US carrier, they'd have jammed another five rows in there.

That's where the KGB used to sit ready to shoot the crew if they tried to defect.

Russian pilots were given a flightplan. If they deviate they were forced to land. The passengers continue by bus and the crew were never seen again.

s2s2s2:

Cheryl Ladd was so hot in that film.

Awww. It's so cute like that. It wants you to rub its tummy.

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Tired of fighting for altitude, a Kyrgyzstan Airlines Tu-134 takes a nap.

This comment made my entire week. Bravo!

/+funny, if that means anything from a liter

Cause of the crash was the aircraft being overloaded with consonants.

FoxholeAtheist: Gaean trilogy

Surprisingly I have, but I only read the first book when I was a kid. Couldn't remember the name of it later on to read the rest. Around that time I discovered Stephen King and that obsessed me for a decade.

a landing is just a controlled crash