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What was ironic about the crash of a Boeing in Sao Paulo in 1989?
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#40958. Asked by gmackematix. (Nov 10 03 12:39 AM)
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mibmob
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1989: Nine passengers were sucked out of the back of a United Airlines Boeing 747 and fell to their deaths in the Pacific Ocean when a 40 foot hole blew open in the fuselage while the plane was flying 100 miles south of Hawaii (en route to New Zealand). 27 other passengers were injured in the accident resulting from a cargo door separation. Amazingly, the pilot was able to land the plane despite the aerodynamically impared fuselage. Months after the incident, passengers, crew and the captain started talking about a strange occurrence. Apparently they all felt the presence of angels who helped to hold the plane in the air. Some describe looking out the window and seeing a hand holding up the wing
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gmackematix
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Nice to see the research, Mibby, this one was flying out of Sao Paulo according to my source. The irony links back to 1970.
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sequoianoir
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There was a crash in Sao Paulo on March 21, 1989, when a Boeing 707 cargo jet slammed into a hillside slum outside the city, killing 15 people on the ground and all three crew members.
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lothruin
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On March 21, 1989 a Transbrasil Boeing 707 cargo plane crashed in Sao Paulo just after takeoff. The plane crashed into a hillside neighborhood a mile off the runway. The final tally was 18 fatalities on the ground and all 3 crew members.
So far, I've found a number of interesting things about Sao Paulo, including more than one instance of a plan crashing into the ground either right before landing or right after takeoff, and there seem to be a high number of engine failures in that area, supposed by some to be directly related to high UFO activity in the area. The above crash, however, was NOT due to engine failure. It was pilot error.
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gmackematix
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DB and Lothruin both have the correct plane crash. The irony relates to a previous use of that particular plane.
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lothruin
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You must be referring to the use of the Boeing 707 in the 1970 movie "Airport", in which a snow storm and plane crash cause the longest runway of an airport in Chicago to be closed. Other landing planes are forced to use a shorter runway, which also puts a residential area in jeopardy.
Interesting. FYI, the subplot of the Boeing 707 crashing into the snow at the end of the runway at the beginning of the movie "Airport", was in fact taken from an actual incident where a Boeing 707 was accidentally manuevered into a mud pit and buried so deep that all the landing gear wheels were completely buried. Mechanics came out and dug mud out, pushed the plane out of the mud and washed it off, and the sturdy Boeing was put directly back into service without repairs.
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gmackematix
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A high-flying yay, Lothruin. The Boeing 707 leased for the making of the 1970 disaster movie "Airport" crashed in 1989. I preferred the film "Airplane!" myself but thanks for the interesting extra info.
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