17-08-2005, 04:21 PM
Quote:fruitfly wrote:
http://www.airdisaster.com/special/special-ua585.shtml
Reading this one brought back some really bad memories. I've live in Colorado Springs, north of the airport about 1 mile right under the
flight path for what is now 17R, but was 17 when this accident happened, the reciprical of 35 obviously. Being an aviation fanatic, and
living in the approach path, I watched aircraft land constantly! So when I heard about this crash that morning, it just really hit me. It
happened around 3 miles from my house, at MY airport. It just gave it a whole new reality to the horror that airline crashes in other parts
of the country or world didn't evoke. After I got to work that morning, we all spent most of our time standing around the TV and watching
the news. A couple hours later, our manager showed up. His house was across the street from Widefield park. He said he was in the
bathroom shaving when he heard the usual drone of another aircraft flying the approach. Then he said it was obvious that something
was wrong simply because everything suddenly didn't sound right, and as he was making his way from the bathroom to a window, he
heard the single loudest, most horrible sound he's ever heard in his life as the plane slammed into the ground. He spent the next few
hours just stunned watching as the rescue crews arrived at the crater. His re-telling of his experience was extremely chilling to hear, I
can't imagine having been right there. And I can't even begin to imagine being on board that aircraft, everything going great, almost on the
ground, and the next thing you know, the aircraft rolls and dives like that.
Chris Wren