Comments on: d00d!

By: trusts

trusts — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:45:33 +0000

classic, is this that northwest plane that had the pilots sleeping on it?

By: Roy

Roy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:39:18 +0000

Can you read? A little boy in a car died, and possibly more.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:14:58 +0000

EPIC HUMOR WIN!

By: SoCal

SoCal — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:04:12 +0000

I lived in Burbank at the time. This is the Burbank incident. I was standing not too far from this spot the next morning with the crane company I worked with out of North Hollywood. We had to remove the blast fence and airplane from Hollywood Way.

The accident was caused by a combination of pilot error (admitted by the piolot and Southwest) and ATC approach failing to release a minimum speed hold on the aircraft. It approached at 40 knots over safe speed and overshot the runway. The runway very short.

No one was killed in this accident either on the ground or in the air. Two passengers were seriously injured. If you notice, the doors are not openned. It is because the egress slide openned inside the plane and blocked them!

While I don’t find accidents funny, I do find the gas station that (formerly) sat lined up with a short runway very funny. What was this owner thinking before the FAA and Burbank shut the site down. They put a tiny airport shuttle site there now.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:10:08 +0000

After a bit of research, something apparently no one does any more, this is the Burbank, CA crash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1455

I realize wikipedia isn’t always exactly precise, but it still has some good info.

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:02:12 +0000

I know that some of you will think I’m a “monster” for saying this, but I don’t care at all that a boy died when the plane crashed, the plane freaking crashed, the passengers are lucky they didn’t die. People die constantly, a pretty good friend of mine died who was actually my teacher at one point and who I worked with for three summers. Yeah it sucks because it’s weird knowing he won’t be there anymore, but I have already accepted that people die, and that I will die, and that my parents will die. If you’re going to get upset and feel sad for everyone that dies, you’re going to be sad constantly and always crying your eyes out. If you are going to cry for kids dieing, why not cry for the kids in Africa that are pretty much completely screwed?

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox – 1883

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:50:41 +0000

I’m sorry but seriously if we can’t laugh at life especially the bad things in life, then we’re all screwed. Yeah, it’s not funny that a kid died, but people die every second, so relax, you’re always going to piss someone off somewhere, just enjoy the picture and if not let others enjoy it without trying to make them feel bad for laughing at a very funny picture.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weeps, and you weep alone.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox – 1883

By: Cole

Cole — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:27:24 +0000

The real kicker is at the end of that article:
“The accident involving Flight 1248 was the first Southwest Airlines accident in the 35-year history of the company to result in a fatality. The previous major incident was in 2000 when Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 overran a runway at Burbank, California, injuring 43 and narrowly avoiding a catastrophe; the airplane ended up outside a Chevron gas station.”

By: TychaBrahe

TychaBrahe — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:47:08 +0000

Dudes, if nothing else has convinced you, how about this: there are no frigging Chevron stations in Illinois!

In Illinois, Standard Oil became Standard Oil of Illinois became Amoco got bought out by BP. In California, Standard Oil became Standard Oil of California became Chevron.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:31:47 +0000

Not to mention using Wikipedia as a source is a sure-fire way to get owned…

By: SogniX

SogniX — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:58:40 +0000

oh yeah!!! I remember that Chinese place! I think i even liked that one (I don’t like many of them). Too bad!

By: Sigh

Sigh — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:25:15 +0000

Um… yeah… and maybe not add the same comment multiple times if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:41:39 +0000

(And by EPIC FAIL, I mean the pilots, not commenters!)

(And it seems that moderation is off now… *rolls eyes* The fun of fast-growing sites!)

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:40:40 +0000

Sorry, both were Southwest, and both were the fault of cowboy pilots. EPIC FAIL.

I think a lot of people have now discovered the hiccup in their “Read before posting!” comments… this system is moderated, so not everything was visible at the time the duplicate comments were made. Ah well…

By: TheLarrikin

TheLarrikin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:13:23 +0000

I remember the 90’s. There was a point in time in the 90’s where gas was $0.69/gal. Craziness, seeing it now, much more than that.

By: drb

drb — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:58:40 +0000

Now there are many,
But for years after the crash
There were none around.

By: Dread Poet Jethro

Dread Poet Jethro — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:37:36 +0000

There are now many
Restaurants on Hollywood
Near Bob Hope Airport

By: MEL

MEL — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:04:27 +0000

I love you Reading Comprehension!!! You told someone how ignorant they are and were funny all at the same time. If you helped even one person actually read through the comments before they post their own (incorrect) comment, it was worth it

By: drb

drb — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:59:24 +0000

The tree’s on the sidewalk across the street from the airport. The plane crashed through the airport’s fence and made it all the way across the street. It turned to the right as it skidded, probably to avoid the gas station pumps. The pumps themselves are safely off to the right of that photo.

By: drb

drb — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:45:04 +0000

Well, yeah, because NOBODY DIED!!!!!!

By: drb

drb — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:34:50 +0000

Besides the gas station that quickly disappeared after that accident, so did the little Chinese restaurant that you can see past the sign. And that Chevron station also had a small grill and a nice convenience store, and both were just a block from the Burbank Airport Hilton (now a Mariott) & Convention Center. Until this year when the new cluster of food joints opened across the street from the hotel (NOT in the direct flight path), ever since that plane had decided to park itself across North Hollywood Way there were no longer any food options within a close walk to the hotel, so people going to conventions there had pretty much no choice but to eat the hotel food.

Some of us at conventions there jokingly wondered if the hotel restaurant was behind the accident, as a way of eliminating the competition.

By: Sogni X

Sogni X — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:23:54 +0000

Yep, fire retardant. Doesn’t snow in Burbank / LA (well, except for that one freakish snow flurry we had once, but that’s a totally different subject

Still remember driving past it, then seeing the airplane parked on the airport field weeks after that.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:02:19 +0000

A) Why so surprised, it HAS snowed there before:
http://wesclark.com/burbank/snow.html

B) That’s called fire retardant – get familiar, the difference may save your life when you instinctively open your mouth in similar situations whilst pretending to know what you’re talking about.

C) Do your research before you open that big mouth of yours. The plane isn’t even the same – nor is the company (United Airlines, not Southwest). I can see how you missed that though – I mean, Jesus tap-dancing Christ, there’s a CAR in that picture. CLEARLY since both incidents show cars in their reports, they MUST be the same thing. No way in Satan’s frozen hell (Burbank?) could there be two incidents with cars in them. That’s preposterous, quite frankly.

I apologize if you get offended about this – I just have such a low tolerance for those who act like they know what they’re talking about when a simple Google search would teach you what you need to know. It’s not terribly hard. May I suggest the Google toolbar – for quick an easy access to a fantastic tool that doesn’t make you fuck it up for all the women out there being labeled loud-mouthed annoyances who always pretend to know it all.

By: racho

racho — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:45:24 +0000

You assholes saying it’s Chicago in the winter… Does Chicago get much green grass in the winter when there is snow on the ground? Look at the right-hand side of the picture. Fail!

By: lowly grunt

lowly grunt — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:32:25 +0000

WIN!!!

By: lowly grunt

lowly grunt — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:27:40 +0000

Or Captain Oveur was busy watching gladiator movies….

By: Bubba

Bubba — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:25:55 +0000

Incase you all didnt know.
This is the plan the skidded off the runway in LA back in 2000
just saying since i dont see it posted anywhere here on this site…

also… for those who say this is the 2005 crash look at the pic, and then look at the pic of the 2005 crash… no gas station in sight!!!!!!

By: Tricia

Tricia — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:43:03 +0000

SNOW? IN BURBANK????

right.

This accident happened at Midway airport in Chicago.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:26:21 +0000

No, read the other comments. Also, the picture on that wikipedia link you posted clearly shows that the plane has a totally different color scheme than the one here.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:10:32 +0000

I don’t think gas was that cheap in 2005, and the “snow” is probably fire retardant. I vote for the Burbank crash.

By: Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Okay, how can you people who keep saying this is a different crash. The article you linked to has a god damn WHITE AND BLUE PLANE!

*Looks at pictures*

Red/Gold plane…. White/Blue….Red/Gold….White/Blue

Yeah I can see how you can confuse those…. oh wait no.

People even posted the original article stating where/when this crash happened with this EXACT picture in the article.

But because I’m cool, this is obviously the crash in Hong Kong in the year 2076. That isn’t really gas prices, it’s the price of raw plutonium. You guys shouldn’t laugh because a nun, 2 baby llamas and a fiddle playing genetically modified cactus (destined to become the next president of the world) died in this crash, crushing millions of peoples hopes leading them to suicide. I was the one who took the picture and sent it back in time.

By: Confoozled

Confoozled — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:51:01 +0000

Yeah, I’m gonna drive there, too, as soon as my time machine is ready.

By: Confoozled

Confoozled — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:50:03 +0000

It’s not a street. It’s a runway…duh.

By: TheLarrikin

TheLarrikin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:58:57 +0000

Read the comments before posting, idiot.

By: Beth Donovan

Beth Donovan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:29:55 +0000

That is the only time that Southwest Airlines had a fatal accident. I was at Midway Airport waiting for my Southwest flight to Kansas City – it had been snowing all day – as you can see the snow in the picture – I’m pretty durn sure that Burbank does not have snow.

It was not even all that long ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1248. December 8th, 2005.

Naturally, when this happened, the airport was closed down – should have been closed down anyway because about 8 inches of snow had fallen that afternoon – and then I had to find a hotel fast. Which I did.

Midway Airport has very short runways.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:12:39 +0000

Nope. March 2000, Burbank, CA. No deaths.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:11:27 +0000

You should read the posts before commenting. This was in Burbank, California a few years ago. No one died. 2 pilots were fired. There are a couple of links in a comment above.

By: lostinthealps

lostinthealps — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:37:23 +0000

a plane friggin landed on a gas station and you think it’s hard to see someone died?

By: greasycat

greasycat — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:10:19 +0000

Mind if I crash here tonight?

By: greasycat

greasycat — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:08:47 +0000

Yep, gas was $1.59 just a couple of years ago.

By: Nekopawed

Nekopawed — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:58:43 +0000

Kinda hard to see that someone died in this photo (just from looking at it) So excuse me for making a joke at something >.>

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:57:05 +0000

No, that would be gallons, southwest doesn’t fly to any countries that have petrol in litres.

By: Matthew Kramer

Matthew Kramer — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:58:01 +0000

the above pic also is really a re-hashing of this motivational poster:
http://jj.am/gallery/d/45773-2/gas_prices.jpg

although the original pic (without captions and such) is the most infamous from the crash.

I’m pretty sure the aircraft went back into service.
The saddest part is the voice recordings that were released with the pilot saying at the end “well there goes my career.”

By: Matthew Kramer

Matthew Kramer — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:51:57 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1455
March 5th, 2000
A southwest airliners 737 from Las Vegas overran the runway at Los Angeles’ Burbank (now names Bob Hope) Airport.
The ATC kept the aircraft too high and too fast, although with plenty of time for the pilots to correct. The aircraft was not ’stabilized’ for approach (did not meet speed and altitude conditions required for a landing), but the pilots did not abort the landing and thusly landed too high and too fast. The aircraft overran runway 8 at burbank, missing the gas station at the other end.
There were minor injuries suffered by 2 individuals.

The pilots were later fired for the incident, and the FAA ordered the gas station closed.

By: Sogni X

Sogni X — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:33:21 +0000

This was in early 2000s… I want to say 2000? 2001?
Burbank Airport in California, pilot came in too hot for the landing, and instead of doing a touch ‘n go to recover – overshot the runway trying to stop and crashed out thru the retaining walls and across Hollywood Way… where a gas station was! Yeah, stupidest place for a gas station! There’s a grassy field there now.

Source is firepictures.com, I used to know the photographer.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:33:09 +0000

2000 SWA crash at Burbank airport

By: Cormac

Cormac — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:32:32 +0000

This was Southwest Airlines 1455, March 5, 2000

Eyewitness report with photos at:

http://www.airdisaster.com/eyewitness/wn1455.shtml

By: Logan

Logan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:26:32 +0000

It’s at LOVE field in Dallas and NOT that long ago. In 2002 I bought supreme gas in central texas for $0.999

By: BrightEyes

BrightEyes — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:18:35 +0000

March 5, 2000 – Southwest flight 1455, Burbank, CA

By: BrightEyes

BrightEyes — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:17:20 +0000

March 5, 2000 – Southwest flight 1455, Burbank CA

http://www.airdisaster.com/eyewitness/wn1455.shtml