that plane that crashed in greece

Post by **losCHUNK** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:27 pm

mental

i seen it on the news a few days ago but didnt think nothing of it but was talking to my mum today and she was telling me the story

man, plane flying for 2 hours with most of the people on board either dead or passed out

nuts, sounds like something that belongs in a movie

Post by **losCHUNK** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:27 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe ... tm#graphic

**reads**

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:28 pm

They still going with the loss of pressure cause?

I think that model of plane has had the exact same problem occur in the past.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:31 pm

one of the comments at the bottom

In 1987 a (Monarch Airlines) 737 I was on (bound for Chania in Crete) lost cabin pressure/underwent sudden and total decompression somewhere over (mountainous) north Greece, and (to cut a longer story short) after a terrifying 'rapid descent' of about 30,000ft made an emergency landing at Athens airport. We passengers didn't know what was going on at the time - I for one thought we had all had our chips. This news made me wonder whether the 737 in question was the same one I was on all those years ago (surely they don't keep them in service that long?), or whether 737s have a particular problem with the mechanics of pressurisation. It also made me realise that my fears (and others) on that 737 bound for Crete were well-founded.
Eileen Hunt, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

so you might be right

its just mental how a plane can fly for hrs with no one on the ground knowing whats going on, everyone died on board without informing anyone ? mustve been a quick mass death or someshit ?

and no one knows what happened to the pilot

Post by **Zerofactor** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:43 pm

It's the Langoleers.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:44 pm

remember that film from yrs back, good film when i was younger but looking back on it now i can imagine it being utter shite :]

Post by **Zerofactor** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:53 pm

losCHUNK wrote:remember that film from yrs back, good film when i was younger but looking back on it now i can imagine it being utter shite :]

Yea, the CG Langoleers are pretty crap looking.

Post by **Ryoki** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:57 pm

Hmm, that's some strange shit.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:59 pm

it was TEH ALIENS!

Post by **CrinklyArse** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:01 pm

losCHUNK wrote: everyone died on board without informing anyone?

i heard that someone on the plane sent some text message or something saying, 'farewell cousin, we're freezing'.

it's sad shit

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:02 pm

CrinklyArse wrote:
losCHUNK wrote: everyone died on board without informing anyone?
i heard that someone on the plane sent some text message or something saying, 'farewell cousin, we're freezing'.

it's sad shit

which was a fake, as stated in the article

Post by **losCHUNK** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:08 pm

aye but the article also says the the 2 fighter planes only seen the co pilot slumped over the controls

then goes on to say the the stewardess was in the cockpit trying to regain control ?

Post by **CrinklyArse** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:14 pm

MKJ wrote:
CrinklyArse wrote:
losCHUNK wrote: everyone died on board without informing anyone?
i heard that someone on the plane sent some text message or something saying, 'farewell cousin, we're freezing'.

it's sad shit
which was a fake, as stated in the article

i saw it on the news so i didn't bother reading the article.
Sorry

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:16 pm

CrinklyArse wrote:
MKJ wrote:
CrinklyArse wrote: i heard that someone on the plane sent some text message or something saying, 'farewell cousin, we're freezing'.

it's sad shit
which was a fake, as stated in the article
i saw it on the news so i didn't bother reading the article.
Sorry

i still love you and your crinkly arse, sir
:lub:

Post by **CrinklyArse** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:17 pm

:lub:

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:05 pm

losCHUNK wrote:aye but the article also says the the 2 fighter planes only seen the co pilot slumped over the controls

then goes on to say the the stewardess was in the cockpit trying to regain control ?

Something very similar happened a few years back to Payne Stewart's Lear jet. He was a rich golfer, btw.
ATC lost comm with the plane and they scrambled fighters to intercept it IIRC, and they said that all the windows were frosted over from the inside. Sudden loss of cabin pressure was deemed to be the most likely cause as it flew straight and level until it ran out of fuel and crashed.

Post by **raw** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:09 pm

The Greeks invented homosexuality. Who cares.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:21 pm

losCHUNK wrote:one of the comments at the bottom

In 1987 a (Monarch Airlines) 737 I was on (bound for Chania in Crete) lost cabin pressure/underwent sudden and total decompression somewhere over (mountainous) north Greece, and (to cut a longer story short) after a terrifying 'rapid descent' of about 30,000ft made an emergency landing at Athens airport. We passengers didn't know what was going on at the time - I for one thought we had all had our chips. This news made me wonder whether the 737 in question was the same one I was on all those years ago (surely they don't keep them in service that long?), or whether 737s have a particular problem with the mechanics of pressurisation. It also made me realise that my fears (and others) on that 737 bound for Crete were well-founded.
Eileen Hunt, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

"we all had our chips" ?

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:23 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
losCHUNK wrote:one of the comments at the bottom

In 1987 a (Monarch Airlines) 737 I was on (bound for Chania in Crete) lost cabin pressure/underwent sudden and total decompression somewhere over (mountainous) north Greece, and (to cut a longer story short) after a terrifying 'rapid descent' of about 30,000ft made an emergency landing at Athens airport. We passengers didn't know what was going on at the time - I for one thought we had all had our chips. This news made me wonder whether the 737 in question was the same one I was on all those years ago (surely they don't keep them in service that long?), or whether 737s have a particular problem with the mechanics of pressurisation. It also made me realise that my fears (and others) on that 737 bound for Crete were well-founded.
Eileen Hunt, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

"we all had our chips" ?

British saying...

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:34 pm

Because you leave the chips to last when you eat a meal because they're the best bit.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:35 pm

better than battered fish?

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:36 pm

Ofcourse. Even, EVEN better than savaloy.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:40 pm

MKJ wrote:
CrinklyArse wrote:
losCHUNK wrote: everyone died on board without informing anyone?
i heard that someone on the plane sent some text message or something saying, 'farewell cousin, we're freezing'.

it's sad shit
which was a fake, as stated in the article

i don't see why that would be faked. news said they pulled frozen solid people out of the wreckage. normally, i wouldn't give much of a crap, but 1/3 of the passengers were kids

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:44 pm

Were they kids....with diseases?

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:35 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
MKJ wrote:
CrinklyArse wrote: i heard that someone on the plane sent some text message or something saying, 'farewell cousin, we're freezing'.

it's sad shit
which was a fake, as stated in the article
i don't see why that would be faked. news said they pulled frozen solid people out of the wreckage. normally, i wouldn't give much of a crap, but 1/3 of the passengers were kids

dont know why that would be faked either. they arrested the bloke sending the fake text though