if i didn't see that myself id probably believe it, but damn thats mind blowing!

It may have been pilot error, or something just wrong with the plane, but something in there *failed catastrophically

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Amazingly only 7 people died from what I read.

>> ^Duckman33:

Amazingly only 7 people died from what I read.


How many would have been un-amazing?

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>> ^Mcboinkens:

>> ^DerHasisttot:
>> ^Duckman33:
Amazingly only 7 people died from what I read.

How many would have been un-amazing?


I had to edit my comment, I just found out that it was a military plane and not a passenger plane. Only 7 people were on board, and all 7 died.
For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Iranian_Air_Force_mid-air_collision



Considering the severity of the impact, I was amazed that only 7 of allegedly 160 people on board died. If this were true, what's the problem with me thinking that scenario is amazing? The thread I was reading on Reddit claimed there were 160 people on it. Guess they were wrong.

>> ^Duckman33:

>> ^Mcboinkens:
>> ^DerHasisttot:
>> ^Duckman33:
Amazingly only 7 people died from what I read.

How many would have been un-amazing?


I had to edit my comment, I just found out that it was a military plane and not a passenger plane. Only 7 people were on board, and all 7 died.
For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Iranian_Air_Force_mid-air_collision


Considering the severity of the impact, I was amazed that only 7 of allegedly 160 people on board died. If this were true, what's the problem with me thinking that scenario is amazing? The thread I was reading on Reddit claimed there were 160 people on it. Guess they were wrong.


My question was meant out of pure interest of your shifting point from amazing to *blank*.

There is no measure, of course, when something can be called amazing or not. It is entirely subjective. My personal opinion (which I don't want to be taken as a measure for anyone but myself for personal reflection), is: All survived: Amazing. One of 160 died: Tragic/Sad.
Again, just for clarification: This is not an attack on you, I just want to understand you and other people and myself better. :-)

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Those last few comments were unamazing.

It's unfortunately apt that the Iranian IL-76 was named Simorgh. The Simorgh was a mythical Iranian bird that burst into flames.

*nsfw for cussing.

This video has been flagged as being Not Suitable For Work - declared nsfw by ant.

Considering the way the plane tumbled in free fall to the ground and exploded in a large ball of fire, I wouldn't call it amazing if only 7 out of 160 people on board died, I would call it a fucking miracle and immediately convert to Islam.

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>> ^Mcboinkens:

>> ^ant:
nsfw for cussing.


Care to explain?
Not my translation so I claim no credit, but apparently this is what they say:
"So I tried to decipher what the people are saying in the background of the video (starting at 00:16). Here it is:
A plane crashed. A plane crashed. A plane crashed.
Wha... What's that?
A plane crashed.
Crashed?!
Yeah
The 770 crashed.
What was that?!"


I heard him say sh*t at :26.

Out of curiosity: why was the crew complement only half the size of a regular Mainstay? Was it by design of this makeshift AWACS or just the fact that it was a parade?

Description says IL-76MD, but video title says TU-154..so which one is it?

>> ^mxxcon:

Description says IL-76MD, but video title says TU-154..so which one is it?

From 0:15 to 0:18, you can roughly make out wing geometry and position in relation to the fuselage, despite the missing tail section. It's definatly not a Tu-154.

The IRIAF Il-76MD "Simorgh" jet was destroyed in an accident near Tehran, killing all seven crew members. The "Simogorh" is an Il-76 jet modified with a radar dome on top of the fuselage for airborne early warning and control (AEW&C). It has been reported that the crew reported an engine fire. While maneuvering for an emergency landing at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) runway 29L the radar dome detached, striking the tail fin. Control was lost and the airplane crashed.

crash report: http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090922-0

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>> ^Mcboinkens:

>> ^ant:
>> ^Mcboinkens:
>> ^ant:
nsfw for cussing.


Care to explain?
Not my translation so I claim no credit, but apparently this is what they say:
"So I tried to decipher what the people are saying in the background of the video (starting at 00:16). Here it is:
A plane crashed. A plane crashed. A plane crashed.
Wha... What's that?
A plane crashed.
Crashed?!
Yeah
The 770 crashed.
What was that?!"

I heard him say sh t at :26.


Just as a heads up, he's not speaking English there, it just sounds like the word shit.


Ah.