Plane crashes into crowd at Reno air races

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I've never heard of that until now. Having read about it on wiki, I have no desire to watch that.. sounds disgusting.

You can't see much detail, but if you actually relate the bits on the ground to people it is really disturbing.
For example halfway through you see a boy lieing in a pool of blood. Then near the end it shows another camera view of the crash, and you see a family with 2 cute kids. That made me relate the dead boy to one being alive.

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Oh indeed , it is horrible. I can't imagine how the person could keep filming.

Something Fishy wrote:Oh indeed , it is horrible. I can't imagine how the person could keep filming.

Yeah I know, the guy actually ran over to the scene to film the carnage... Who would do that? He wasn't media or anything judging by the video quality.

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I know. Some wierd folk around.

Maybe in future, air shows should be equipped with ground-to-air missiles.

What the hell for.

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.

Classic cheez post.

Well that was pretty horrifying.

Zenigame 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.

Classic cheez post.

I just knew you'd do that when I was posting it.

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? The only way it could have been any worse was to have seen footage of them actually getting minced, cut up & splattered. Instead we only see the aftermath 1 minute later.

I've heard about that screwdriver thingy & I've no interest in watching it. I used to be able to stomach watching gooseberry fool like that, but I'd rather not view that stuff now.

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.

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.

I agree. If someone said they wouldn't feel that, they are lieing.

It's been a long time since I've seen it, but wasn't there an eery silence as the cameraman walks around? Just body parts of kids & adults everywhere.

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.

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.

Just watched the video of that on LiveLeak

Barely managed to finish my dinner. Proper grim.

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.

Every news report I've seen and read says he died in the crash.

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? .

Obviously never seen Cheez posting about these kind of things before.

He talks bollocks because he thinks it'll some how impress us all about how unfazed he is when he watches people being killed and/or tortured. Shows how manly he is or something.

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