76 dead, 5 survivors in Brazilian soccer team plane crash

[terry78]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...bian-plane-crash-on-way-to-medellin/94585124/


Man, that is horrible.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...bian-plane-crash-on-way-to-medellin/94585124/


Man, that is horrible.

Shame. Not the first time such a thing has happened to a soccer team South of the border to if I am remembering right.

It makes me wonder about why that's never happened to a major sports team here in the states. It's happened to at least one college team though, right?

 

[Breogan]

It makes me wonder about why that's never happened to a major sports team here in the states. It's happened to at least one college team though, right?

Weird thing to look up - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_involving_sports_teams
Apparently at least 6 incidents in the states.


Incredibly sad news.

 

[Octoberist]

To be one of the survivors, that is hell to see all of your friends/teammates gone like this.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

I'm Portuguese, i'm a big fan of football (soccer, as you call it).

Today i woke up to this sad sad news, i was heartbroken.

I never watched them play, but i knew them by name.
Just horrible.

RIP

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Weird thing to look up - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_involving_sports_teams
Apparently at least 6 incidents in the states.


Incredibly sad news.

Six? It's morbid but it does make you think that the majority of some well known big time franchise could go in a similar fashion.

 

[Arachnerd]

I'm Portuguese, i'm a big fan of football (soccer, as you call it).

Today i woke up to this sad sad news, i was heartbroken.

I never watched them play, but i knew them by name.
Just horrible.

RIP

Same.

My prayers go out to their families.

 

[Donner]

Apparently, the plane ran out of fuel and that's why it crashed.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/2016/12/...ts-study-possible-fuel-problem-in-plane-crash

 

[terry78]

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[DeadPresident]

Apparently, the plane ran out of fuel and that's why it crashed.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/2016/12/...ts-study-possible-fuel-problem-in-plane-crash

I wonder if that was preventable...that sounds like a horrendous oversight.

 

[Donner]

It's not the first time it has happened. There was another plane that ran out of fuel in 1990 from Bogota to New York while waiting for the clearance from JFK air traffic control to land and it crashed and a lot of people died. It had a lot to do with the psychology and the culture of the people in the cockpit. The pilots were almost scared of the air traffic controllers at JFK (who are apparently notorious for their aggressive instructions) and so when it came to trying to tell them that the plane was going to crash if they didn't land immediately, the pilots chose to go the passive route. The transcript from that crash is eerie. The plane is dangerously close to running out of fuel, but the first officer tells the air traffic controller: "Climb and maintain three thousand and ah we're running out of fuel sir." He was instructed by the pilot to tell JFK that they have an emergency, but the first officer never says the words. He just keeps saying that they're running low on fuel.

It sounds like this plane had just enough fuel to make the trip, but they were also held up because another plane had priority landing. It would be very unfortunate if the circumstances were similar to the other plane crash.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

I wonder if that was preventable...that sounds like a horrendous oversight.

From what i've read, we have no idea how that is standard to save money.
Sometimes, it goes wrong.....

Capitalism at it's finest, money over lives.