“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.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Seth J.” for the heads up.]
Wow, am I making history by being the first to post a reply to a first?
wow.. I’m glad there were no fatalities, lets hope the people that survived are ok.
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.
With in-plane internet, you can twitter your famous last words – and actually get 15 minutes of fame
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yes, cjboffoli (???)
nevermind helping others get off the plane…gotta make sure my twitter update goes through.
Too bad the iPhone doesn’t do video… that would have been even better.
The iPhone doesn’t do video????
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.
In this case it was nearly 15 minutes of Flame…sorry, had to.
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.
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.
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.
I’d be impressed if he had photos and started his twitter coming DOWN the slide! Or would that be just too snappy?
What’s your favorite book?
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?
This guy was using an iPhone on an airplane. The FAA will want to have a few words with him.
@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.
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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.
Sure hope it doesn’t turn out to be that twit using an iPhone on a plane that caused the crash.
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.
Dunno about the rest of you, but if I found myself in a burning plane that had just crashed, I would NOT be whipping out my iPhone!
@Predrag, Al
For the record, all comments I make on these boards are made in sarcastic jest. (Except this one.) [And the one I just made in parenthesis.] {And the one I made in square brackets.}
I think I would be more focused on getting my ass OUT of the plane than typing twitterbuddies.
wtf! your plane crashes and the first thing you think of is twitter? talk about fan boy!
signed, exit row lover
Now we know what caused the crash.
If only he had his iPhone in Airplane Safe mode.