NEWS: Jordanian Plane Crashes Near Israel

The Israeli rescue service is reporting that a Jordanian Plane has crashed in Jordan near the Israeli Border. Type of aircraft and soles on board are unknown at this time. More details to follow as details are released



I hope this is not a commerical airliner and perhaps with some luck if it is there might be some survivors.






[edit on 7/26/2005 by shots]

[edit on 27-7-2005 by John bull 1]

My radio station reported the Jordanian cargo plane has not crashed.

It overturned upon landing at Jordan's Aqaba airport.

Luckily, there were no casualties


Rebekka

However, a spokesman for the Israeli rescue service said: "This was not a crash.

"The plane's tyre burst and the ruckus appeared like a crash."

The chief of the Civil Aviation Authority Suleiman Obeidat said the plane was parked on the tarmac at King Hussein International Airport when it suddenly rolled onto the ground.

"There was nobody in the vicinity, therefore, luckily, there were no casualties," he said.

There was no explanation on what caused the plane to roll.

Sky

Sanc'.

A blown tire on a place can cause something like that, or worse depending on when the blowout occurs.

Note that if you're driving at 70mph on the highway and get a blowout you run a very serious risk of losing control of the car. Same applies here except a larger tire, probably higher pressure, and a far heavier vehicle.


In other words, potentially very dangerous, and I'm very happy to hear no one seems to have been hurt.