Trivia: Movie Flight 2012 similarities with Alaska 261(leave comments with your opinion)

  I just saw the movie Flight with Denzel Whashigton a few days ago and i was baffled as to which real crash it could have taken its story from.It hit me suddenly and unexpectedly that i have seen a documentary from the famous Air Crash Investigation series(episode 6 season 1 "Cutting Corners" ) that had STRIKING similarities with the movie.The real crash was that of Alaska Airlines 261 back in january 2000.The crash of alaska had the jackscrew problem and as well two deep dives because of this problem with the second one being the final fatal dive.The last striking similarity that everyone will notice (if he has seen the movie and the documentary) is the last effort of the pilots to fly the plane inverted in order to reduce or stop the dive.This of course had little effect in real life but suprisingly saved almost everyone in the movie!Anyways great movie that i suggest anyone to see it if he had not done so already and also i would be glad to read your comments about this interesting trivial story.

VERY CHILLING REAL TOWER AUDIO TAPE!!LISTEN AT 2:26 ANOTHER PILOT SAYS "PLANE IS INVERTED" ANOTHER ONE AT 2:45

A nice article for a change of mood!

Boeing 727 converted into a regular house in the woods

http://www2.electronicproducts.com/Image_of_the_day_Man_converts_727_airplane_into_home-article-imjb_plane_home_oct2012-html.aspx

also

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/05/bruce-campbells-airplane-home_n_1570255.html#slide=1057674

2012 Safest Year since 1945 in term of Accidents and Fatalities

Read this interesting article from one of the most accurate web sources of airplane accident statistics:

http://news.aviation-safety.net/2013/01/01/2012-exceptionally-safe-year-for-aviation/

Rescue of Survivors from Yesterday's crash *****WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO*****

New Photos from Tu-204 Crash earlier today(see previous post)(video of the accident on previous post as well)

TODAY: A Russian Red Wing Airlines Tu-204 overruns rumway at Vnukovo International Airport with 12 onboard 8 perished

Cockpit section detached from the rest aircraft

                                                     video of the crash from a car camera


Red Wings Flight 9268: Crashed after overrunning the runway at Moscow Vnukovo International Airport following a flight from the Pardubice Airport, Czech Republic. The aircraft broke up and caught fire after landing. There were only 8 crew members onboard from wich only 4 survived the accident.The aircraft split into three sections upon landing. The cockpit section of the aircraft became detached from the rest of the airframe(as you can see above).The Airport was closed for several hours and emergency crews were late because of some maintenance issues with the firefighting vehicles.Story developing...

The aircraft involved in the accident (RA-64047)

News: 2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash operated by military of Kazakhstan all 27 on-board perished

            A Kazakh Air Force, REGISTRATION: UP-72859 Antonov An-72 plane crash in Kazakhstan Tuesday has left all 27 passengers dead.“The aircraft was completely burned, only fragments remain,” head of the local Emergencies Department Valikhan Derezhepov said in an official statement, according to RT News.
           The military transport plane was carrying 20 soldiers and seven crew members when it fell from 2,600 feet around 7 p.m. local time, the Telegraph reported.
Among the dead is Turganbek Stambekov, the acting head of the Border Protection Department of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee (KNB), BBC News reported. He was appointed to his position in June 2012.
          The crash happened just about 12 miles away from the city of Shymkent near the Uzbekistan border. The plane was making a descent into Shymkent, the capital of the South Kazakhstan region, according to Reuters.
          No details were given about the cause of the crash, but the weather was reportedly very bad around the airport at the time of the plane’s downing, and Southern Kazakhstan has been hit with plunging temperatures, as well as winds and heavy heavy snowfall in recent weeks, NBC News reported.
         Authorities said a full investigation was being launched into the fatal crash.
Also Tuesday, a passenger jet packed with Christmas tourists crash-landed in Myanmar, killing two.