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Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:37 pm**

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national ... 50802.html

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:45 pm**

This doesn't look good...

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:48 pm**

It was an Air France Jet trying to land in a thunderstorm... doesn't look good at all.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:51 pm**

At least 200 Souls on board.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:52 pm**

Air France Flight 358 from Paris CDG to Toronto... Airbus A340. Carries a LOT of people.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:55 pm**

http://www.pulse24.com/Front_Page/page.asp

Look down at the right hand corner of the page (before scrolling down) and click the Watch Live link. (For those who can listen and/or watch online but don't have TV access)

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:56 pm**

At least 1 survivor...

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:59 pm**

This is the first ever crash of an Airbus A340....

My thoughts with those on board...

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:00 pm**

My god!!

Any early estimates at what kind of numbers? Since it just skidded off, maybe 10-20 deaths at MOST. or am I way wrong?

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:00 pm**

One flight tracking site has updated as if it landed:

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Airline:  Air France - AF  Flight number:  358 
 
Status:  Landed  Altitude (feet) : N/A 
 
Ground speed (knots) : N/A  Equipment:  A343 
 
Departure Airport:  CDG  Actual Departure time:  1:15 pm 
 
Arrival Airport:  YYZ  Actual Arrival time:  4:09 pm

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:00 pm**

hopefully it didn't burstinto flames right away and allowed a few people to make it off the plane if not then there are a lot of dead people sadly

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:02 pm**

jason0509 wrote:My god!!

Any early estimates at what kind of numbers? Since it just skidded off, maybe 10-20 deaths at MOST. or am I way wrong?

CP24 said as many as 305 could be on board if it was full.

Large explosion just happened.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:03 pm**

jason0509 wrote:My god!!

Any early estimates at what kind of numbers? Since it just skidded off, maybe 10-20 deaths at MOST. or am I way wrong?

Uh... the plane is on fire. Not a high survival rate.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:03 pm**

Loss of life potential very high according to CTV.

Canadian networks in rolling coverage, of course.

This kind of stuff doesn't happen in Canada!! :eek:

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:06 pm**

291 onboard...

:cry:

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:08 pm**

Uh... the plane is on fire. Not a high survival rate.

There could be...it all depends on when the plane caught fire. There have been numerous crashes (particularly with Fedex) where the plane crashed, the people on board escaped, and then it caught fire.

However, if it caught fire as soon as it impacted the ground, that is another story. You don't really have more than a few seconds to get out before the toxic fumes overcome you. Think back to the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed in CVG (?) years ago-landed perfectly intact, but dozens were killed by the fire before they could escape.

We will see soon.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:09 pm**

I would expect the A340 to be pretty full as it is in the middle of summer...

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:10 pm**

Reports of quite a few survivors... but I'm trying not to get too excited about it yet.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:13 pm**

Im sure thats a trauma if you are a survivor, you would want to forget

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:13 pm**

This is spooky...

20 years ago today, on August 2, 1985, a Delta Air Lines Lockheed L1011-385-1 crashed while attempting to land at Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport, Texas in a thunderstorm. 134 of the 163 passengers and crew aboard were killed.

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Plane on fire at Toronto Airport

Plane on fire at Toronto Airport