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iPhone user twitters details of Denver crash from inside burning plane

Monday, December 22, 2008 · 11:22 am · 28 Comments

“Passenger Mike Wilson of Denver was sitting on Continental Airline’s flight 737 in route to Houston, Texas Saturday evening when the plane skidded off the runway at Denver International Airport immediately catching fire after crashing into a ravine. At least 38 passengers were taken to hospitals though there were no fatalities after the 110 passengers and five crew members evacuated on the plane’s emergency slides according to reports,” iPhone Savior reports.

“Moments after the plane slid to a stop Wilson quickly enlisted his iPhone describing his chaotic scramble to exit the burning plane with messages to his followers on Twitter.com posting under the name 2drinksbehind,” iPhone Savior reports. “His first twitterific message read: ‘Holy f–king s–t – I was just in a plane crash!’ – 5:25 PM Dec 20th from twitterrific.”

iPhone Savior reports, “Wilson unwittingly captured media headlines around the globe, making history as the first citizen journalist posting live to Twitter from inside the scene of a plane crash.”

Full article here.

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Wandering joe

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 12:28 pm · Reply

Wow, am I making history by being the first to post a reply to a first?
twilightmoon

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 12:29 pm · Reply

wow.. I’m glad there were no fatalities, lets hope the people that survived are ok.
cjboffoli

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 12:40 pm · Reply

If you ever have the (exceedingly rare) misfortune of being in a plane crash, do yourself a favor and worry first about getting yourself out of and away from the plane before you worry about sending a Twitter to your friends.
Rainer

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 12:53 pm · Reply

With in-plane internet, you can twitter your famous last words – and actually get 15 minutes of fame
twice enticed

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 12:56 pm · Reply

yes, cjboffoli (???)

nevermind helping others get off the plane…gotta make sure my twitter update goes through.
Jesus

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 12:57 pm · Reply

Too bad the iPhone doesn’t do video… that would have been even better.
Mr. Peabody

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:06 pm · Reply

The iPhone doesn’t do video????
mugwump

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:09 pm · Reply

So what, he turned off airplane mode, waited for a data connection, waited for twitter to load, and then texted? Even in the best of circumstances that routine would be maddening.
@ Rainer...

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:12 pm · Reply

In this case it was nearly 15 minutes of Flame…sorry, had to.
Al

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:12 pm · Reply

Plane crash? I call bullshit.

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing, not a plane crash.

Besides, this plane never even got off the ground.

Why do they build airports so close to ravines? Oceans? Rivers? Lakes? Mountains? Tall buildings?

Bizarre.
Kevin Weinstein

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:13 pm · Reply

For people who think the world cares what you are doing right now, yes. i can see someone doing that. In my opinion, it is a TAD self indulgent and self centered …

Sad the plane crashed. but you know he was all hyped about being able to twitter about it, from the scene.
RC

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:17 pm · Reply

If I had been on that plane, the LAST f*cking thing on my mind would have been to post a damn Twitter message about what had just happened.
jb-uk

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:29 pm · Reply

I’d be impressed if he had photos and started his twitter coming DOWN the slide! Or would that be just too snappy?
@ twilightmoon

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:35 pm · Reply

What’s your favorite book?
Hmmm…

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:37 pm · Reply

I agree it would have been awkward to take the iPhone off airplane mode (or turn it on from being fully off), wait for a data connection, wait for twitter to load, then text.

Does anyone else think his phone might not have been in safe mode? There is a reason they tell you to turn off such devices during take off and landing. Even though interference is extremely unlikely, it’s still possible. What was the cause of the crash again?
PC Apologist

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:41 pm · Reply

This guy was using an iPhone on an airplane. The FAA will want to have a few words with him.
HMCIV

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:50 pm · Reply

@Al

<i”Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing, not a plane crash.”</I>

It’s people like you that have allowed the airlines to start charging us for luggage and a packet of peanuts during the flight.

And you should know they build landing strips next to ravines to facilitate cleanup.
PBIPhotobug

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:56 pm · Reply

This headline is VERY misleading and is not supported by the text of the article. How could he describe his scramble to exit if it hadn’t happened yet? He didn’t text from inside the plane, he sent his first text from the scene (outside the plane from a relatively safe place) just after escaping. The time stamp of his first post supports it being shortly AFTER evacuation.
Sam

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 1:59 pm · Reply

Sure hope it doesn’t turn out to be that twit using an iPhone on a plane that caused the crash.
Predrag

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 2:13 pm · Reply

AI, HMCIV,

Neither of the two posts make any sense.

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing, not a plane crash.

That’s from the book of aviation jokes and obviously makes very little sense. It doesn’t even apply to this case, since the plane never left ground. It was on takeoff run when it veered off the runway (does ANYBODY ever read the news these days before commenting??).

It’s people like you that have allowed the airlines to start charging us for luggage and a packet of peanuts during the flight.

This is absolutely bizarre. In other words, our commenter AI is individually responsible for the dramatic increase in fuel prices, which caused airlines to cut costs by reducing the least critical of their services (or would you have preferred they continued to give you free peanuts, but cut on airframe & engine maintenance?).

As for the airport locations, the explanation is incredibly simplistic and for the most part incorrect. When a new airport location is considered, many things are taken into account, including proximity to urban area, prevailing wind direction, projected aircraft paths, projected noise, existing and projected transportation links (trains, highways) to the areas to be serviced. Eventually, surrounding areas end up being built up regardless of original plans (changes in political leadership, change in economic situation, other factors), so many of those original factors end up irrelevant.

It looks like AAPL stock price depression of today has had many contributors to this discussion quite distracted.