scrubbedexpat091

Possibly, but unless the man goes public hard to know, I saw footage of him on the ground with fire fighters holding him down waiting for police, but his face isn't visible, just his arms are visible, lighter skin color, but doesn't mean no racial profiling took place, that lady may want to see a psychiatrist because seems a little paranoid on her part.

Maybe the man will come forward and tell his side of the story, I would first talk to a lawyer if I were him, because the way he was treated is just wrong.

scrubbedexpat091

scrubbedexpat091

The crash in San Diego, 2 people in one of the houses that were hit sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns are are recovering in hospital, a dog was also killed, and several more houses destroyed or damaged.

scrubbedexpat091

Alitalia, a one-time symbol of Italian style and glamour brought low by economic mismanagement, will operate its last flight on Thursday after 75 years, before handing over to its downsized successor Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA).

https://www.reuters.com/business/aer...ta-2021-10-14/

scrubbedexpat091

A380 seems like a bit of a pain on the ground....lol

Pilots seemed to misread a NOTAM, pilots charts say the gate assigned is red and no go for their aircraft type, in the end it was sorted out.

Steerpike

I still have the green plastic 'luggage tag' I got from Alitalia back in the 90s attached to my main luggage. It serves as both a souvenir, and a rather unique identifier for my luggage! When I see that green plastic on my luggage, I know its mine! I just looked in Google Images and can't find any likeness of it. I'd take a picture of it but it's not with me right now ... I made half a dozen leisure trips to Italy back in the 90s and early 2000's and always flew Alitalia. Back then, I'm pretty sure you could get from SFO to Milan non-stop. Happy days!

caretaker

civilservant

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/19/us/texas-plane-crash/index.html


Flight appears to have departed the runway while on the takeoff roll and struck some kind of ground item (fence or similar)

All people on board are safe and accounted for. Plane was an MD-87.

scrubbedexpat091

Looking at the fire you wouldn't think anyone survived, glad to hear everyone did.

I wonder if it could have been jammed elevator control, 2017 an MD-83 in Michigan ran off the end of the runway due to a jammed elevator and aborted take off past V1, everyone survived that one as well, although no fire.

scrubbedexpat091

The aircraft in Texas was N987AK MD-87
1 Dec 1987 Manufacture date

Delivered to FinnAir January 8, 1988 and looks like it flew with them until going to Aero Mexico 14 Nov 2000 where it stayed until 2007 and then went into and out of storage with a couple different owners from 2007 onward.

https://www.planespotters.net/airfra...nts-llc/rzygme

civilservant

Reminds me of the Spanair crash some years ago. Possible the aircraft was not properly configured for takeoff.

Steerpike

Only 21 people on board - that may have helped avoid casualties! I don't think I've ever been on a plane that empty!

ETA - it says 'VIP configuration' - I guess that means, corporate jet or similar.

civilservant

Yeah I agree, I have found no mention of a flight number or commercial airline name.

scrubbedexpat091

Yes, its was a privately owned aircraft, wasn't an airline operating it, aircraft owned by 987 Investments, LLC which is owned by a Houston land developer who was also a passenger, aircraft has been on the market for sale on and off for 18 months, apparently all maintenance was up to date from local Houston media.

2nd link as a video taken from the air of the end of the runway, kind of looks like it never got off the ground, just ran straight off the runway, then hit the embankment.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/l...okshire-plane/

https://www.click2houston.com/news/l...crash-in-katy/

civilservant

Clearly not enough lift to achieve V2, dual engine problem? Bad fuel maybe?