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40 years ago today, July 9, 1982, Pan Am flight 759 crashed
Posted on 7/9/22 at 5:21 am
Posted on 7/9/22 at 5:21 am
154 killed, including 8 on the ground. I lost two friends that afternoon, going to Vegas for the weekend. I was about 1.5 miles north of the airport, it was raining very hard, I heard a muffled boom and saw a lot of smoke. I didn't find out until the next morning that my friends were on that plane.
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Posted on 7/9/22 at 6:08 am to andouille
Grandpa was on that flight I wasn’t born yet, dad was about 18 at the time. Heard it was like a war zone in that neighborhood.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 7:54 am to andouille
I remember I was at a buddies house playing video games(atari) and the power going out; that was some intense rain and lightening.
That was an unusual storm even for south Louisiana; weird time of fate for that plane. 10 or 15 minutes on either side of that time of take off it would have been all normal that day.
ETA: I don't think the phrase "wind shear" has ever been talked about more outside of a tropical system discussion in my entire life for reporting on that Pan Am investigation
That was an unusual storm even for south Louisiana; weird time of fate for that plane. 10 or 15 minutes on either side of that time of take off it would have been all normal that day.
ETA: I don't think the phrase "wind shear" has ever been talked about more outside of a tropical system discussion in my entire life for reporting on that Pan Am investigation
This post was edited on 7/9/22 at 8:00 am
Posted on 7/9/22 at 7:58 am to andouille
A co-worker of mine told me a story that he knew a man who had left his house to run a quick errand. While he was away from the house he lost his wife and kids, including a newborn.
He had to stay with people for quite some time to keep himself from committing suicide.
He had to stay with people for quite some time to keep himself from committing suicide.
This post was edited on 7/9/22 at 8:00 am
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:06 am to andouille
I was 7, and my grandparents’ neighborhood was in the debris field. My dad took me with him to check on them, and we walked around the neighborhood a bit. Pretty traumatic stuff. I can still vividly remember the scene. I think my dad has photos…
Seem to recall that the pilot really helped avoid the loss of more life on the ground. Sorry to hear you had friends on board.
Seem to recall that the pilot really helped avoid the loss of more life on the ground. Sorry to hear you had friends on board.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:10 am to GeauxldMember
Wife and I are best friends with the miracle baby who survived the wreckage. She’s a great person now, and has a daughter of her own. She lost her mother and her sister that day
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:10 am to Fontainebleau Dr.
Just read about the crash. That’s terrifying that a downburst of air can just sort of happen and push a climbing plane down into a crash.
I’ll never be comfortable with flying.
I’ll never be comfortable with flying.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:14 am to CocomoLSU
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I’ll never be comfortable with flying.
I don’t mind the flying. It’s the crashing I don’t like.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:18 am to CocomoLSU
As a result of this crash and others, a lot of research went into wind shear/downburst weather science and pilots are better equipped to avoid it which is why it is a much rarer occurrence now. Here’s a good write-up from 2014 about it.
wapo article
wapo article
This post was edited on 7/9/22 at 8:22 am
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:19 am to CocomoLSU
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I’ll never be comfortable with flying.
Freak accident, like most plane crashes. What’s more terrifying—and exponentially more likely—is that you could be driving the speed limit after work and some alcoholic loser hits you going 80mph and kills you.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:19 am to andouille
I had never heard of this so I had to google.. Wiki summary for anyone else who hasn't heard of it.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:21 am to Fontainebleau Dr.
quote:tbh I don’t see how I could go on with life if I suddenly lost my whole family like this
A co-worker of mine told me a story that he knew a man who had left his house to run a quick errand. While he was away from the house he lost his wife and kids, including a newborn. He had to stay with people for quite some time to keep himself from committing suicide.
This post was edited on 7/9/22 at 8:23 am
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:23 am to andouille
I remember that day and what I was doing. Just graduated from Rummel and it was a typical hot summer day. I was dating a girl named Jennifer which her and her friend came to my house to go swimming. A typical late afternoon thunderstorm rolled in. But this one was bad, I specifically remember how much thunder and lightning was involved with it..
Then we got the news of the crash.. it was crazy. Remember watching the CBS evening news with it being the opening story.
Met a guy, co-worker’s boyfriend, now husband, parents were on that flight… Pan Am set up a trust for him and his sister well into their adult life.
Then we got the news of the crash.. it was crazy. Remember watching the CBS evening news with it being the opening story.
Met a guy, co-worker’s boyfriend, now husband, parents were on that flight… Pan Am set up a trust for him and his sister well into their adult life.
This post was edited on 7/9/22 at 8:42 am
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:24 am to The Third Leg
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Freak accident, like most plane crashes. What’s more terrifying—and exponentially more likely—is that you could be driving the speed limit after work and some alcoholic loser hits you going 80mph and kills you.
I get the logic behind the planes/cars comparison with “safety” of crashes. The problem is I’m infinitely more likely to survive a car crash than a plane crash.
I’ve always had an irrational fear of flying (well, not irrational to me
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Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:26 am to Hangover Haven
I was at my grandmothers house in mid city, was 10 at the time, weather was really bad. We watched it on the news. Such a bad scene.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:28 am to GeauxldMember
I was 3 so I don’t remember any of it, but we lived on Fairway a few blocks from the crash site.
My dad has talked in the past about not being able to get a hold of my mom and was kinda freak out not knowing if we were ok after hearing about the crash while working.
My dad has talked in the past about not being able to get a hold of my mom and was kinda freak out not knowing if we were ok after hearing about the crash while working.
This post was edited on 7/9/22 at 8:29 am
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:30 am to andouille
There was this and then another crash in Dallas caused by microbutsts that now most airports have weather stations to predict these weather phenomenon.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:34 am to andouille
Was it off of W. Metairie & Roosevelt?
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:36 am to When in Rome
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As a result of this crash and others, a lot of research went into wind shear/downburst
This went to a high priority 3 years later in 1985 when Delta 191 went down on approach at DFW after encountering windshear.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 8:36 am to Contender54
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Was it off of W. Metairie & Roosevelt?
Yes.
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