General News Thread

[Parafox]

50 minutes ago, StanSP said:

I didn't like earlier BBC were speculating about how much this might cost Boeing, and started mentioning how people km the 737s were killed in two separate crashes. Speculating about what might have happened on today's tragic incident in terms of plane malfunctions etc. 

 

 

 

News reporting is generally shite and sensationalist when things like this happen. 

[Fear Of The Fox]

26 minutes ago, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said:

How is it possible one person survives the crash and they just wander about afterwards? That’s crazy!

As others said he probably smashed the emergency window/door/exit just before the crash or he was extremely lucky to be thrown out of it as the impact was initiated on the other side. Just speculating ofc, we've seen it happen before. I don't think we'll ever get a certain answer about this. 

 Some things are beyond us to understand, I'm just happy someone survived and only the thought of the thousands of families/relatives of the victims makes me depressed. 

 

[Parafox]

40 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Jumped out apparently! Who knows when or how he could do that, but it's spectacular anyway. 

 

 

 

37 minutes ago, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said:

Jumped out!? Guess when it’s not your time it’s not your time. Think he’ll have a bad case of survivors guilt, mind. Poor bloke.

 

He's from Leicester, apparently.

[Lionator]

4 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

 

He's from Leicester, apparently.

Of course he is, absolute warrior 💪🏼

[StanSP]

4 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

 

He's from Leicester, apparently.

Yep. Hard to fathom how and when he's done it but he'll eventually be thankful for it. I hope he doesn't have a lot of emotional scarring after this but it's almost inevitable. 

[Fear Of The Fox]

Life is happiness (with all the ups and downs) but I hope these clowns on corporate media leave alone the gentleman that survived. 

And BBC can f off with its appalling reporting. We don't care about Boeing and their struggles. If they're struggling they can also f off. Absolute sad state of modern media. 

[Lionator]

I’m assuming when you say he jumped out, he jumped out of the wreckage? He will have had insane luck and the benefit of being where the tail wasn’t. 

[StanSP]

3 minutes ago, Lionator said:

I’m assuming when you say he jumped out, he jumped out of the wreckage? He will have had insane luck and the benefit of being where the tail wasn’t. 

Or jumped out before the impact or explosion... 

[Fear Of The Fox]

And while I'm at it with the f's, another one to Air India who thought it was a good idea 1h after the tragedy to announce compensation. I'm speechless. 

[Foxdiamond]

13 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

News reporting is generally shite and sensationalist when things like this happen. 

I suppose this the problem with news airtime that needs to be filled when nothing confirmed

[Lionator]

Just now, StanSP said:

Or jumped out before the impact or explosion... 

not a chance, there’s no way he could open the door and the plane would still be travelling at some rate of knots, he’d be instantly killed as soon as he hit the ground. 

[bovril]

Still not sure I can totally believe this survivor but I guess similarly insane stories of survival have happened before 

[StanSP]

1 minute ago, Lionator said:

not a chance, there’s no way he could open the door and the plane would still be travelling at some rate of knots, he’d be instantly killed as soon as he hit the ground. 

Yeah we're talking near 0% chance in all scenarios surely. But if it was on impact, it almost erupts into the fireball straight away. That's surely instant death too! 

[Lionator]

Just now, StanSP said:

Yeah we're talking near 0% chance in all scenarios surely. But if it was on impact, it almost erupts into the fireball straight away. That's surely instant death too! 

I suppose there’s a scenario where he’s been thrown out of the plane upon impact thus avoiding flames and then having insane luck in not hitting anything that could kill him. 

[Fear Of The Fox]

1 minute ago, Lionator said:

not a chance, there’s no way he could open the door and the plane would still be travelling at some rate of knots, he’d be instantly killed as soon as he hit the ground. 

Plane was on a stall, not on full power and at very low altitude. You can smash the emergency exit under these conditions. 

[Lionator]

1 minute ago, bovril said:

Still not sure I can totally believe this survivor but I guess similarly insane stories of survival have happened before 

It’s evidently him as his family recognise him and he’s on the passenger list. 

[Lionator]

Just now, Fear Of The Fox said:

Plane was on a stall, not on full power and at very low altitude. You can smash the emergency exit under these conditions. 

Ah maybe then! 

[bovril]

1 minute ago, Lionator said:

It’s evidently him as his family recognise him and he’s on the passenger list. 

Fair enough I hadn't seen that. Totally insane if absolutely true.

[davieG]

5 minutes ago, Lionator said:

not a chance, there’s no way he could open the door and the plane would still be travelling at some rate of knots, he’d be instantly killed as soon as he hit the ground. 

Maybe the door coming off is part of the reason for the crash or simply came off at partial impact allowing him to jump out.

[Trav Le Bleu]

8 hours ago, davieG said:

Struggling budget chain Poundland has been sold for £1 and now faces a shake-up which could see some stores close.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36594lr29ko

 

Its owner Polish firm Pepco confirmed it had sold the brand for a "nominal" sum to US investment firm Gordon Brothers.

Dom Joly should have asked them, "how much is this?"

 

[StanSP]

Hopefully the black box is found and salvaged soon. Might shed some light into the cause. 

[Craig]

1 hour ago, kenny said:

Boeing have already offered the families 86k each, which is really weird.

It was Tata, and it's not unusual for this to happen. It's often made as an interim payment pending a larger compensation amount. 

[davieG]

 

[Parafox]

53 minutes ago, Fear Of The Fox said:

Plane was on a stall, not on full power and at very low altitude. You can smash the emergency exit under these conditions. 

 

No, you can't actually. All the doors on an aircraft are deemed emergency exits. the only dedicated emergency exits are over the wings and this in case of a landing on water. Once the take off procedure has started all doors are sealed. Only when the aircraft is stationary can the emergency exits be opened.

 

Also, the aircraft was only at 650 feet so the seatbelts would still have been fastened.

 

Anyway If what you say is possible, why did nobody else jump?

 

And his seat position was not next to the aisle. How did he get past the other 3 passengers in his row, make his way to the emergency door

Edited 12 June 2025 by Parafox

[leicsmac]

3 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

No, you can't actually. Once the take off procedure has started all doors are sealed. Only when the aircraft is stationary can the emergency exits be opened

 

Anyway If what you say is possible, why did nobody else jump?

 

And his seat position was not next to the aisle. How did he get past the other 3 passengers in his row?

I'm sorry to contradict you, but it is possible to open the doors using an emergency handle and the correct movement, provided that the pressure differential between inside and outside is low enough (there was an incident recently in Korea where a bloke managed to open a door as a plane was coming in to land).

 

But yes, there are a load of other factors here that would make such a thing pretty implausible.