Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[Dr. Strangelove]

New footage of the accident in Toronto. NSFW (there’s swearing)

[Mike]

That’s crazy. Everything looks pretty good until it’s not. Did the landing gear on the right side collapse?

[Mike]

I also can’t believe it didn’t blow up or burst into flames. Maybe the snow helped extinguish the fire.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Almost positive the landing gear collapsed. Guess we'll see if that's a mechanical issue or the pilot landed too hard.

[Jeff Buchanan]

My spinning friend who is a Jet Blue pilot believes the aircraft was high and fast on the glideslope. The pilot pushed the nose over to correct for that creating a high rate of descent. The result was a hard landing that collapsed the right main landing gear. That caused the aircraft to roll right with the right wing and engine striking the ground. The cross wind probably picked up the left wing causing the aircraft to roll completely over onto it's top side. During that roll, the fuel lines to the engine separated. That explains the fire. Jet fuel is not particularly flammable and it takes a lot of heat to ignite it. Then it burns slowly producing thick black smoke. The fuselage may have slid on its top clearing the fuel fire it left behind. There are all kinds of safety features built into aircraft fuel systems intended to mitigate jet fuel fires. There may have been an automatic shut-off valve that shut the fuel line to the right engine off within seconds after impact and fire suppression devices in the engine nacelle were activated. That might explain why the fuselage didn't burst into flames.

[AlabamAlum]

Look, this the apex of AA humor. Just learn to like these posts to keep me from over posting in search of that prized external validation dopamine rush.

[THE_WIZARD_]

In other words...STFU.

[crashcourse]

Nah keep em coming

Theyre pretty punny

[crashcourse]

as bad as SNL 50 was--the music version of the 50th is well worth checking out

[Dr. Strangelove]

Doesn't sound too good for the Pope

Pope Francis diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, Vatican says | Fox News

[Mike]

POPE WATCH!!

[THE_WIZARD_]

Trump takes office and POOF there goes the Pope...

fuckin' Trump

[Dr. Strangelove]

Do people still feel confident Trump’s going to make sure Ukraine gets a good deal?

[Mike]

I don’t recall giving a shit either way.

[lineygoblue]

Do people still feel confident Trump’s going to make sure Ukraine gets a good deal?

In the short run, the 'deal' is probably going to suck. In the long run, its probably the best Zelenskyy is going to get.

He's held the line against a full Russian takeover, but he hasn't exactly sent the Russians scurrying back to the motherland. I doubt that his forces could do so.