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Old 08-02-2005, 05:35 PM   #1
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Default Air France A340 crash in Toronto
The Plane landed and skided off of the runway and burst into flames, turn your TV on.
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Old 08-02-2005, 06:53 PM   #2
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Been watching this unfold at home on tv...

Luckily, appears that everyone is alive and well... The plane looks like a mess!
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Old 08-02-2005, 07:09 PM   #3
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Unbelievable they all got out alive and well! Thank God!
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After seeing the traffic cam footage from CNN, I thought very few people were going to walk away from this one.

It's nothing short of wonderful that everyone is ok!
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I'm really happy everyone survived!

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Old 08-03-2005, 12:48 PM   #8
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Unbelievable they all got out alive and well! Thank God!
Years of practicing Surrender/Runningaway/Escaping did finally pay off for those French.

Now in a serous note:
I was extremely happy to see that this accident did not end as a tragedy. My regards to the crew, Air France and to those unaccounted heroes.
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Old 08-03-2005, 02:48 PM   #9
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Years of practicing Surrender/Runningaway/Escaping did finally pay off for those French.

Now in a serous note:
I was extremely happy to see that this accident did not end as a tragedy. My regards to the crew, Air France and to those unaccounted heroes.
That A340 must have been a tough bird. Good to hear all are well. I Wonder if it was an A380, would they have been so lucky?
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That A340 must have been a tough bird. Good to hear all are well. I Wonder if it was an A380, would they have been so lucky?
Sadly, I doubt it.

The evacuation of this plane took about a minute.. In less than 2 minutes, the plane was on fire.

Even though Airbus has tested the A380 for 'super fast' evacs, I can't help but imagine that it would take longer than 2 minutes to empty a fully loaded A388.
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Old 08-04-2005, 04:47 PM   #12
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That A340 must have been a tough bird.
Yeah, it must have been real tough the way it plowed up the grass and down the ravine and was a total loss and all.
One tough sob I tell you.
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