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1971... San Francisco takeoff incident

Started by John Golin, Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:05

John Golin

I stumbled onto this... quite interesting... (looks like one of my normal landings!)

In 1971 a 747 took out some of the approach lighting on takeoff at SFO...  the video below discusses and shows the incredible damage and the emergency 'landing'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl_wXfSwRzM
John Golin.
www.simulatorsolutions.com.au

Phil Bunch

There's a brief but interesting essay at Wikipedia re this accident:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_845

Sounds like a sequence of improbable (and independent?) errors were required to create this accident.
Best wishes,

Phil Bunch

Sese

Here is another strange KSFO incident from earlier times. A DC-8 landed on the water, sank, got repaired and flew again!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Airlines_Flight_2

DougSnow

Awesome find Jon - I've heard of that accident and read the report - but never knew we had film of the landing.

Imagine going down the L1 slide - but better than burning up I spose...

jtsjc1

#4
There was a similar accident in June 1975 near JFK(this one on landing) when a 727 came in during a thunderstorm and encountered windshear. The pilots didn't execute a GA and struck approach lighting on the way in severely damaging the plane and causing it to crash going across Rockaway Blvd in Queens. Unfortunately in this accident many were killed. I believe this led to the introduction of frangible approach lighting. It was EA Flt 66.
Joe