Airplane crash in Toronto (OLD thread bumped)

[Cheese]

My wife was on business in Toronto and decided to take the 407 toll home as opposed to the 401. Good choice as the accident happened at the same time she was driving by the airport. Traffic on the 401 was gnarled for hours as people stopped to gawk and help.
Glad all onboard got off safely....could have been a real tragedy.

[Displaced Flames fan]

The crew must have done a superb job of managing the incident. It takes some special people to get 308 people off of a burning aircraft quick enough that no one is seriously injured. Amazing.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Amazing that there were no deaths in this incident.

If you looked at the footage, I was sure they could be all dead.

God was looking out for them today.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by Calgary Flames@Aug 2 2005, 05:15 PM
Wasn't there a huge passenger plane that crashed into lake Ontario just off of downtown Toronto a few years back?

I think you're thinking of that accident at the air show a few years ago. It was a huge transport plane with a crew of six or seven, who all died when it crashed into the lake. I think it was a British crew? Can't quite remember.

[Flames_Gimp]

you guys find it hard to believe that lightning could knock out a computer system? I say lightning could easily fry an airplanes computer system knocking out all controls.

[arsenal]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank+Aug 2 2005, 07:17 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Frank the Tank @ Aug 2 2005, 07:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Calgary Flames@Aug 2 2005, 05:15 PM
Wasn't there a huge passenger plane that crashed into lake Ontario just off of downtown Toronto a few years back?

I think you're thinking of that accident at the air show a few years ago. It was a huge transport plane with a crew of six or seven, who all died when it crashed into the lake. I think it was a British crew? Can't quite remember. [/b][/quote]
I think your right.

2 September 1995: Seven crew from RAF Kinloss in Scotland die when their Nimrod crashes at an air show in Canada.

The aircraft careered into Lake Ontario at 230mph at the end of a routine display in front of thousands of spectators.

[icarus]

Originally posted by arsenal@Aug 3 2005, 03:15 AM

I vaguely remember that. My grandfather (from Toronto) was stationed with the RAF at Kinloss during the war. I was there a year and a half ago.

[Ryan Coke]

Just thought I'd add my 2 cents. The investigation will determine the details of this accident, but it is rare for lightning to be the primary cause of an accident like this. Aircraft are designed to take lightning strikes (in air or on ground), and I have been hit by lightning myself while flying. Exciting, but not usually significantly dangerous.

Having said that, sometimes things don't work the way they are intended, so it certainly isn't impossible. As for losing power and losing all hydraulics, this should never happen to transport category aircraft. There are multiple redundant backup systems, including accumulators that store enough hydraulic pressure to get the plane stopped with a complete hydraulic failure--and even fly by wire aircraft such as the airbuses would still be designed that way.

We all know how unreliable the media is when it comes to hockey, and it is even worse with aviation. Thought I'd try to clear up a couple of erroneous bits of info there. But great job by the crew in getting everyone evacuated, and thank God no lives lost.

[Cheese]

Originally posted by the_only_turek_fan@Aug 2 2005, 09:55 PM

God was looking out for them today.

No...people were looking out for each other!

[Cube Inmate]

TSB is now saying that the wet runway, combined with the plane "landing long," screwed any chance of stopping on time.

Sounds to me like the pilot screwed up and should have declared a go-around when he realized he was going to land long.

[beergal1]

heh everyone im new here! I was doing some research on sports for a uni essay ( i live in england) and was really surprised to find this forum.

I think you're thinking of that accident at the air show a few years ago. It was a huge transport plane with a crew of six or seven, who all died when it crashed into the lake. I think it was a British crew? Can't quite remember.

My cousin Richard was on the nimrod that crashed over lake ontario in September 1995 and he died. It wasnt actually a transport plane but an RAF plane just thought id clarify this for you.

Great forum everyone and im looking forward to reading some of your posts

[ken0042]

I recall seeing the video of that crash. IIRC, the crew knew they were not going to make it, and chose to ditch in the lake rather than risking crashing on land. (And by "land" I mean downtown Toronto.)

Your cousin was very courageous to do such a selfless act.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally posted by beergal1@Oct 14 2005, 05:23 PM
heh everyone im new here! I was doing some research on sports for a uni essay ( i live in england) and was really surprised to find this forum.



My cousin Richard was on the nimrod that crashed over lake ontario in September 1995 and he died. It wasnt actually a transport plane but an RAF plane just thought id clarify this for you.

Great forum everyone and im looking forward to reading some of your posts

I was wondering what this old thread was doing at the top of the list again, I was worried another plane had crashed in Toroto.

Well, welcome to our forum. Are you a hockey fan?