Plane crashes into crowd at Reno air races

Mafro wrote:Reminds me of this incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sknyliv_airshow_disaster

At 12:52pm, the Su-27 aircraft – flown by two experienced pilots – entered a rolling maneuver with a downward trajectory at low altitude; having rolled upright once more the aircraft was still descending rapidly and the left wing dropped shortly before the aircraft hit the ground, at which point the crew initiated ejection. The aircraft flattened out initially, skidding over the ground towards stationary aircraft, striking a glancing blow against the nose of an Il-76 transport aircraft before beginning to explode and cartwheel into the crowd of spectators. Both pilots survived with minor injuries from the ejection and landed just a few feet away from the transport aircraft.

77 onlookers were killed, including 19 children (though initial reports put the number of dead at 85). Another 100 were hospitalized for head injuries, burns, and bone fractures. Other injuries were less severe and did not require hospitalization: a total of 543 people were injured during the event.

There's a video online but it's strawberry floating horrible, people literally cut in half.

Alvin Flummux wrote:

Lucien wrote:

Alvin Flummux wrote:

Lucien wrote:

Alvin Flummux wrote:Those pilots will most likely never fly again. The guilt will follow them around forever.

They didn't do anything.

I know, but think about it: You're in a restored fighter flying above a crowd, something goes wrong and there's no time to fix it, so you bail out. The plane crashes and causes absolute carnage below. Who wouldn't be racked with guilt over the What Ifs of the situation? I'd be forever blaming myself (regardless of where the real blame lay) and probably wouldn't feel comfortable getting back in the air again.

My bad, I thought you were talking about the crash that just happened - where it was one pilot who crashed and died. I see now you were talking about a different incident.

I think I was talking about the Reno one that just happened. The news said the pilot was in his 70s and ejected safely from the plane.

Steve wrote:

bigcheez2k3 wrote:Just watched the video of that Ukrainian one and it got my usual reaction of 'Meh', it's not that bad. Certainly not 3 guys 1 screwdriver bad.

"It's not that bad". Really? .