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"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 10/29/2016 at 16:57 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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A different view of the accident.

CTSenVy > f86sabre 10/29/2016 at 17:06

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They’re holding a phone in their hand, and instead of calling for help they’re recording. Wondering where the firetruck is? How about you actually do something other than watch, like call the emergency people for the airport.

ttyymmnn > CTSenVy 10/29/2016 at 17:11

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I imagine the pilots already called it in. Fire trucks were there inside of two minutes.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 10/29/2016 at 17:11

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Gear collapse?

Jcarr > CTSenVy 10/29/2016 at 17:19

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You don’t call 911 for the fire truck at the airport. The crew/tower were almost certainly on it immediately.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > CTSenVy 10/29/2016 at 17:19

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The airport probably noticed it before this guy did.

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 10/29/2016 at 17:20

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Sure looks like it

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CTSenVy > Jcarr 10/29/2016 at 17:51

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I know you don’t call 911, but every airport has emergency phones so you can call the emergency people for that airport. Standing there filming it doesn’t help anybody.

CTSenVy > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 10/29/2016 at 17:57

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The airport probably did, but you hear the guys wondering where the emergency crews were. In case like that it’s far better to call the right people and make sure than sit and watch.

Frenchlicker > CTSenVy 10/29/2016 at 18:30

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They don’t call 911. The only way to get help is to radio them, which 9 times out of 10 the pilot did before even touching down.

someassemblyrequired > ttyymmnn 10/29/2016 at 18:49

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Here’s a page with a photo showing the gear back behind what was the wing:

http://avherald.com/h?article=49ffaff0

Looks suspciously like this 2006 incident with N391FE, another MD-10F:

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/md-10-burns-after-landing-mishap-208290/

wafflesnfalafel > someassemblyrequired 10/29/2016 at 19:38

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dang - looks like virtually the same thing. Time to triple check the rear gear in all of those...

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 10/29/2016 at 21:11

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Yep. Interesting that the center body gear is not visible in that pic either.

someassemblyrequired > wafflesnfalafel 10/30/2016 at 00:08

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Yep, though in the airplane’s (and landing gear’s) defense - it was the 26th DC-10 built - first flight was February of 1972.

Jcarr > CTSenVy 10/30/2016 at 00:40

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I’m sure the tower had the emergency crew contacted the second this went south, likely long before these guys started filming.