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Bosonic (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 07:02 PM Original message |
Report: Plane crashes into stands at Reno air races |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. I dunno about "not so bad". That's a fatal impact. |
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Bosonic (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Relative to going directly into the stands I'd say it is not so bad |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. 75+ casulties (25 severely) according to AP: |
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vets74 (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Online STILL PHOTOs -- Plane falling, scale of crash area, not gory |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Word is that it was Jimmy Leeward, and his site isn't loading now, trying to find a more concrete... |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. Video of crash: |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. (WARNING: DISTURBING/EXTREME GRAPHIC) Video of the Crash, Impact, Aftermath |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Damn. :( The warning is correct, EXTREMELY GRAPHIC. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Well, from that video we know that there is one definite traumatic |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. YouTube pulled the video. Violation of ToS n/t |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wow. How tragic. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. I am a little concerned - I have a LOT of cousins and such in Reno. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. My cousin's teenaged daughter was there on Thursday with a field trip from school. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. Via Reno Airport Twitter Feed: @RenoAirport: The 2011 National Championship Air Races are cancelled. |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. They were having a hard time in that video keeping crowd control |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. Latest from AP: At Least 3 Dead, 56 Injured, Several Critically |
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vets74 (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. KOLO has it at 25 critically injured, as many as 12 dead/dying. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. DAMN - first there was a mass shooting and now this |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. Did I hear Rachel correctly? I think she said the pilot is 80 years old? |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Later report says he actually was 74 |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Someone she was listening to was suggesting that there might have |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm reading and seeing that there was no fire. |
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The River (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. As Someone Who Has Witnessed |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-16-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I flew 250 combat missions in RVN/Laos/Cambodia, and I'm with you bro! |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
23. Photo from AP shows no sign of the pilot in the cockpit |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 06:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. That is very strange. Here's a view of a P-51 with the pilot, as it should normally appear. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Here's a profile of the crashed racer in 2007 showing the pilot |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Here's an even BETTER photo... SAME airplane, in flight! |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Pilot's head is clearly visible in this shot. Why not in the last photo taken of the plane? |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Where do you find these high-res pictures? |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Beam me up Scotty... |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. The Lone Rapturee? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
24. Powered by a V-12 engine of 27 liters displacement |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. At least one spectator had a leg severed at the upper thigh (shown on video). |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
33. Has FOX News blamed Obama yet? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Hey, he definitely let it happen, and on his watch too. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-17-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. CNN: Nine dead counting the pilot. n/t |
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