Japan Airlines plane in flames at Tokyo's Haneda airport

[Quickstatus]

relative sizes isn’t why

If both aircraft were in the same pic

Yes, my comment (which I think was not as clear as ti could be) was that for whatever reason (and you correctly pointed out that perspective IS the major reason), it is impossible for the Airbus to be on top of the Dash as suggested by the photo because the Airbus is a lot longer.

 

[jb747]

If both aircraft were in the same pic

Yes, my comment (which I think was not as clear as ti could be) was that for whatever reason (and you correctly pointed out that perspective IS the major reason), it is impossible for the Airbus to be on top of the Dash as suggested by the photo because the Airbus is a lot longer.

For the image to be real, you'd need to be back a bit over 200 metres from the centreline of the taxiway (which would have you over 400 metres from the 350). That would have both aircraft then subtending approximately the same angle. I don't think there's anything located there that would serve as a viewing platform, but the image itself isn't impossible. But, whilst interesting in it's own right, it doesn't serve to show the relative sizes of the aircraft. The A350 is much bigger than it looks

 

[Jacques Vert]

I wonder if the pax were just spooked by the steep slide or if there are always some "holdouts" in an emergency evacuation. If the captain tries to get them off several times but they still refuse, presumably they can be left to their fate? Or would the staff "assist" them off? What a hard call to make.

In my previous life as a mariner, I've been in a situation where I was attempting to assist/rescue another vessel that had grounded on rocks on a falling tide and was in a quite dangerous predicament. The skipper of the other vessel became frozen with fear: didn't know what to do, couldn't follow instructions, couldn't answer when spoken to; totally unable to do anything.

Fortunately I was able to put a crew member onto the other vessel and when he put his arm around the other skipper, and started talking to him face to face, he slowly came around and began to respond logically.

I'ld heard about how people become frozen with fear but until then, I had never experienced it. Quite an interesting situation, to say the least.

I can well imagine that there would be the occasional passenger who would just stay where they were, completely overcome by the situation unfolding around them, and not making any attempt to save themselves.

Full marks to the Cpt.

 

[Himeno]

The runway is fully reopen. QF25 just landed on 34R and exited at C10.

 

[jb747]

The runway is fully reopen. QF25 just landed on 34R and exited at C10.

Having landed on runways that have seen recent accidents, there's often interesting marks left over, telling a bit of a story.