tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post7411422763977504730..comments2023-11-12T00:30:15.262+09:00Comments on Monster Island (actually a peninsula)*: Asiana flight crash lands in San Francisco (UPDATED)kushibohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-75204071612701980162013-07-10T18:32:43.681+09:002013-07-10T18:32:43.681+09:00John, I'm not wondering why the plane could ca...John, I'm not wondering why the plane could catch fire (even though it had little fuel left) but what the reason is for that particular pattern. Why is the top burned out like that but not the underneath areas? (Or are they?)<br /><br />It's possible that the rescue operation ripped open the top of the plane, in such a way that (with the burn marks) it looks like the top was burned away when in fact it was torn. <br /><br />And I wholly agree with you about the breathalyzer and drug tests. If I had been a pilot on OZ 214, I'd <i>insist on</i> both tests to show I was not illegally impaired (I assume it's illegal impairment). When I hear of the possibility of pilot error, I'm reminded of Denzel Washington's character in <i>Flight</i>, which reminded me of Northwest Airline pilots flying drunk on "milk runs" in Minnesota and Wisconsin. kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-45296209794907866732013-07-10T18:28:54.488+09:002013-07-10T18:28:54.488+09:00I think I did leave a similar comment. I think I did leave a similar comment. kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-62565790959599231242013-07-10T11:00:46.521+09:002013-07-10T11:00:46.521+09:00"I'm also wondering how pilot error could..."I'm also wondering how pilot error could cause the fire on top of the plane."<br /><br />Very, very easily as airplane fuel is extremely, extremely volatile and I'm pretty sure those wings and undercarriage were sparking enough to set that fuel on fire on a crash impact caused by pilot error. <br /><br />It's a shame that foreign pilots aren't given breathalyzer and drug tests like U.S. pilots when they crash in the U.S. Could they have been celebrating the pilot's first landing prematurely? We will never know, but I know I won't fly a certain Asian airline ever again as I was last to leave a plane (well after everyone else) and witnessed an inebriated pilot struggling to walk off the plane at SFO.John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-44372551081011945692013-07-10T09:29:27.195+09:002013-07-10T09:29:27.195+09:00Kush, did the WaPo piece have room for comments? I...Kush, did the WaPo piece have room for comments? I think your objections definitely deserve to be heard, especially the part comparing the safety records. Why not post your points there?Sam Suhrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13599826426736183764noreply@blogger.com