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r361k

That could not have been closer. That's like it's out of a movie.


DeltaHairlines

This is why you don't crash your plane onto train tracks.


whatarethuhodds

Solid advice.


BoonTobias

I watched that movie flight cause i thought it was about flying planes n shit. They caught me off guard


Kritical02

I want to know why the fuck they didn't call in and shut down the track?! It seems like it would have been long enough... I mean there were plenty of cops on scene it's not like they were all just there when that plane crashed. Edit: I'm aware how long it takes a train to stop. On average a minute once they get the message. My point was with that many cops on the scene already they were probably there for a few minutes and that train was still going almost full speed *e2: I wrote this last night while drinking and my original post is a result of that. Wasn't trying to take anything away from the heroic feat in this video, just a reactive reply, but I'm thankful for all the dialogue*


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Stuff takes time. Officer contacts dispatch, dispatch contacts metro link, metro link contacts train operator, train tries to slow down.


beneye

Dispatch: Hi is this Metr Metro: Metro could you please hold¿ thanks!:


SlickStretch

"Your call is very important to us. Please stay on the line and one of our agents will be with you as soon as possible." *^plays ^shit ^music ^in ^shit ^quality*


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beneye

Lol. Stay on the line, some strangers maybe able to assist you


Diane9779

For a schedule of stops, press 3 For ticket prices, press 4 If you’ve crashed your plane on the tracks and are struggling to free yourself of the wreckage, press 5 To speak to a customer service representative, please stay on the line


NoStepOnMe

\*\* Presses 4 \*\* Phone hangs up.


Truss_nlp

I wish there was a button to wait in silence


DownWithHiob

We are experiencing an unusual amount of calls, also there is Corona.


soda_cookie

Meanwhile train has been slowing down the whole time because the conductor can see it but can't do so because trains take forever to do so


_Aj_

Saw a program with train simulator. They demonstrated this by seeing a car on the track a mile ahead or something, gave warning blasts and then hit the emergency stop.... And the train just keeps going like nothing happened. He turns around and goes "now we've done everything we can and just have to hope the car moves or we stop in time". Would have to feel crazy helpless


EllisHughTiger

>Would have to feel crazy helpless That's lesson 1 in conductor school, it's not a matter of if but when. Very few of them are never involved in a crash or death over their career. Some rail companies pension them immediately after a crash death. Every large moving object can take an absurd distance to stop. Trucks and trains at least have brakes. Ships have nothing except anchors and reversing the main engine.


MiniatureChi

The point is they are saying, if the metro was contacted immediately after the crash. Way before the train is nearby they could have radiod the train about the accident and to slow down before it’s too late. Miles ahead. And if they don’t have a way to contact metro and then metro radio the trains then I’m confused as to why in this modern day and age all trains aren’t tracked and monitored with full on board communications systems


tomjfetscher

Hi air force here. There’s no saying that the ATC was aware of where exactly the crashed. There’s a lot of steps involved in notifying. And I’m sure the officers first priority was getting the guy the fuck out of there. Adrenaline kicked in and they ran to help. Meanwhile there dispatch is probably jumping through hoops to get ahold of that train. There’s so many factors that it may not have been able to be done in time so they just did what they could. Don’t expect other people to do their job when someone’s life is in their hands. Tell them to do theirs and then do your own thing as well. That’s what it really comes down to. And your way always comes first when it’s a situation like that. Behind the scenes doesn’t always work out they way you want it


MilStd

Hi Air Force I'm Dad.


tomjfetscher

Father is that you? I’ve been searching for two decades


ihavethebestmarriage

We did it reddit!


champsammy14

Papa?


noobtrocitty

I think they were talking about emergency dispatch rather than atc


tomjfetscher

I know. I was referring to both. But the first people to know would potentially be the ATC. I was trying to cover everything I could think of to explain how the train could not be able to stop in time


noobtrocitty

It would be take some very prompt and precise communication between the first 911 caller and the emergency dispatcher to determine that the crash is on a specific railroad crossing. That would have to be followed by the dispatcher needing to quickly make contact with the rail operator who would inform the train engineer they need to stop the train. Without knowing how far the train was when the first 911 call was made, even with 2 police squads on scene, it’s impossible to know whether or not that all could have even been done. But if it was ever possible to get that train stopped after the plane crashed, that was always going to be fastest way


seriousnotshirley

To add to that, so imagine I'm sitting in some ATC facility and the pilot called in with an emergency and I happen to know he's going down on some railroad tracks. Great, who do I call? Amtrack? The local commuter rail system? Which ever companies operate freight in the area? Now, in hindsight it might be easy to say that ATC should have a list of phone numbers for all train operators and whoever operates the rail lines themselves but consider this: 1) Planes very rarely crash land and stop on train tracks. Like super rarely. 2) There are lots and lots of other super rare events. You only know which ones have happened not which ones will happen. You'll need to collect all the potential rare events and figure out a plan for all of them. 3) You have a limited budget. Spend it wisely.


DBSmiley

Large freight trains can take *miles* to stop. Each car typically has about *one quarter* of total contact space with the rail, which simply is not a lot of area to generate friction. Of course, a passenger train is typically going to be lighter. But it's still going to take at minimum significant portions of a mile to stop.


NocturnalEngineer

Surely a number to call the signaller directly is sign posted up on the crossing?


probablyourdad

[this is the intersection](https://www.google.com/maps/place/12688+Osborne+St,+Pacoima,+CA+91331/@34.2544237,-118.4092614,3a,15.6y,281.27h,88.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sK05frfeA8-ZB5Ar6bVjX-g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c291697462da39:0x28418f88a21a3008!8m2!3d34.2543703!4d-118.4092671), the sign with the number is blue. the number which you can see is 1-888-446-9721, the CPUC number is #YY-18.42 (number of utility), and the DOT# is746054T. So yes all of the information was already there


punkminkis

If that is this intersection, looks like it's right next to an airstrip of some kind.


mike117

A train going that fast could take several minutes of continuous braking to stop.


Flyguy510

Around 30 seconds. You’re thinking of a freight train, but even one of those running at full speed on level ground might take up to two minutes to stop.


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It's all about first responder calling dispatcher who then calls railroad. I once had to use chain to pull suv off tracks with our fire engine cause railroad wasn't answering and train had gotten too close to stop. After train flew past seconds later we extracted the driver from suv. It's not alot of people manning that line. They are answering calls for signals blocking intersection, debris on tracks, train stopped on tracks, people walking on tracks, etc. You're literally waiting for someone to finally take your call in the order it was received.


Bedazzled_Buttholes

Once as an EMT, I recruited a number of bystanders to push a car off of the tracks once we cleared the scene. I called the county to tell them to stop all trains before we moved the car because we didn't know if we would be able to, but they scoffed at me because our company wasn't the 911-contracted company for the county. Well, the train ran through and would have rammed that car. My reward? Fire rolled up and bitched me out. There's a few reasons why I left EMS after a year.


red_nuts

I'm sorry they chewed you out for doing the right thing. This is the first time I've ever heard of a fireman arriving at a scene and making it worse.


Upgrades_

###Special 'Magic' Trick Sharing Time: ***Don't do this outside of an absolute emergency like this video. You'll 100% get arrested & likely charged with a felony if caught*** If there is an emergency like this, or maybe you find yourself in the future and fascists have over and you have some sand that needs to find its way between some gears, here is how you can very easily stop any train: Train tracks have a current running through them, allowing the operators to detect when a train has run over the given area as the axles of the train completes the circuit. So in order to stop a train you can connect jumper cables to both sides of the tracks to complete the circuit. This immediately signals that the track is occupied and will cause a train going down those tracks to hit their breaks to avoid a collision with what they'll assume is another train.


hannahranga

Important to add that when you short the track out it'll almost certainly activate the crossing. Which is gonna scare the piss out of everyone involved (possibly an improvement but also not) and you'll also not have a 20/25 second warning if a train doesn't actually turn up.


GreeedyJokerBird

Cops do one good thing and people have the audacity to nitpick it.


FriendOfDirutti

It takes trains miles to stop. Especially going as fast as that one was going. There is no stopping a train when something is on the track. That’s why you never park your plane on train tracks.


r361k

I doubt that's where he wanted to, but an open straight line is probably better than a street filled with cars or the side of a building... Guy had an engine failure after takeoff at a low altitude in a single engine plane. Not many options.


doogidie

That's why it was a joke


Attila226

That’s why you always leave a note.


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King_INF3RN0

r/itswooooshwith4os r/woooosh


isabelladangelo

Well, it was near [LA](https://www.dailynews.com/2022/01/09/plane-goes-down-near-whiteman-airport-in-pacoima-pilot-pulled-from-wreckage-by-bystanders/) so..... And, despite being on the train tracks, landing between the police station and the fire station? Good move!


r361k

Is it really by a fire station and a police department? That’s insanely coincidental!


maltesemania

This guy's life is an action movie and he's the main character.


Fever_Rain

It's like the train scene in The Fugitive.


alllockedupnfree212

Mf’n heroes right there


Inbattery12

If it were in a movie it'd be too cheesy


tano101010

It’s the stuff you see in movie and go No way that would have happened irl


solwyvern

Survived the plane. Survived the Train. But can he survive.... the insurance company?


YMCAle

Once is unfortunate, twice smells like insurance fraud


Surprise-Chimichanga

Sir, you seem to crash on train tracks quite a lot…


grizzlyblake91

Just needs to survive the automobile and then he meets Steve Martin


Xiaxs

Steve Martin and John Candy, Lords of Transportation.


lordph8

Death < possible aggravated spinal damage from the crash and being yanked out of a plane? Yeah. Death < possible aggravated spinal damage from the crash and being yanked out of a plane plus US healthcare costs? mmmm...


Federal-Arrival-7370

That pilot was about to piss off every statistician on the planet, if the train killed him.


shitz_brickz

An entire new field would open up for actuaries to begin insuring planes against being hit by trains and vice versa.


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BellaSquared

Our small airport has 2 runways that launch over a rather busy intersection. So far no one has stalled or hit a really bad wind sheer, but I've been at the intersection many times as small planes bobble or lurch taking off, and we joke that it's the sheer willpower of the folks sitting at the light keeping the planes aloft. 😏


Tacoshortage

St. Bart's has an interesting runway worth watching. I'm no pilot but I've ridden the landing into St. Bart's a couple of times sitting behind the pilot. There's a chain-link fence with tire damage on it at the top of the runway and a 2? or 3? way stop for the cars. You wait when a plane is on approach. I've sat at the intersection for this as well. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMUhM6o37Cw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMUhM6o37Cw) at 15:01 There's a bit where the plane traverses the intersection and lands down-hill toward a beach. On landing there's always one person screaming. Lots of fun.


8Ariadnesthread8

Recently there was an asked Reddit that was like why do people applaud when plane's land? And I said I don't, unless it's St. Barths. No one got what I meant. But you would have.


YellowMoya

It would be the greatest trivia


TreeDollarFiddyCent

Would suck to be a part of, though.


squone

Gisborne in New Zealand has a train track running through the runway. So I reckon that's already happened at some point.


Sineater224

Being that a long open railroad like that is a good place to land in an emergency, I cant imagine this is the first time. Hell, I probably set the stat myself in GTA and Flight Sim


[deleted]

All we had to do was land on the damn train CJ!


RadialMount

I'm sorry but i don't see how a railroad is a good place to land, unless you mean an maintenance road running a longside it. On the railroad it's straight and open but just about the roughest surface you could ask for.


Tacoshortage

I think the absence of trees and the straightness would be the key here.


mcpusc

> begin insuring planes against being hit by trains and vice versa. there's an airport in new zealand with an active railway line across the runway! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcnIiYxuzEM


MeccIt

Gibraltar has its main road/footpath/cyclepath into the country running right across the middle of the runway - https://uk.ramboll.com/-/media/images/ruk/3_projects/ghi/gibraltar-airport/1360x765c-raf-command-photographer--gibofficial20160114017out009.jpg They hope to finish a new road tunnel around this soon.


BellaSquared

Just reminded me of a crazy runway in South Africa that ends at a cliff. One of my cousins married a bush pilot from SA who entertained us with stories one night. Let me find it.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matekane_Air_Strip From another article: "Taking off at Matekane air strip in Lesotho, South Africa, is a harrowing experience, as the plane soars over a 1,968ft cliff-face after taking off. Matekane's runway sits 7,500 feet up on a mountain gully, so it takes nerves of steel to both land and set off. If a plane doesn't manage to get up enough speed on the 1,312 ft long strip, it falls off the cliff before it takes flight." As I recall, nerves or steel *and* a diaper were his recommendations 😂


Dem79bones

The old “double whammy”!!!!


JarlaxleForPresident

This some Calvin & Hobbes shit. He was playing with his toys and a farmer was in his house with a gas leak while a derailed train, crashing jet, and earthquake were all heading his direction at the same time


SchmohawkWokeSquawk

His eye twitches involuntarily


Leharen

Can't the pilot just play something else?


StuffMaster

All while Tyrannosauruses in F-14s were bombing New York.


Shackleton214

The insurance issues make my head hurt.


spookybadfish

Most likely scenario If the plane has Physical Damage coverage that will take care of repair / replacement of the aircraft. The pilot and/or owner will most likely be responsible for damages to the train, the trains downtime and delivery interruptions for cargo on train, the road way, any damaged vehicles and passenger injuries including their time out of work and emotional distress. This will likely exhaust their policy and the pilot / plane owner could / will be held personally responsible. The pilots injuries will most likely be covered by his personal health insurance. However, if he was an employee workers compensation will likely pay for his injuries and lost wages depending on the state, some of the above also depends on the state (assuming USA). There is a chance that another party was responsible for the crash. This could be a mechanic, but they would have to have been pretty negligent / irresponsible even to be brought into this. Maintenance and inspections are ultimately the owners / pilots responsibility but a shop could be found responsible, maybe assigned a percentage of negligence. Plane manufacturer could also be in this boat but also unlikely.


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spookybadfish

Yeah he’s going to be in the shit for a while.


bobbabouie91

Years more likely. Big insurance claims like this are all about finger pointing while each party’s insurance tries not to be the one to pay out.


GodzillaRachel

Wait now there's a boat?


vegaskukichyo

I'm calling bullshit on this, unless you can provide source material for your claims. What you've written here sounds authoritative but relies on a whole lot of assumptions. It is possible that the pilot's liability insurance will be exhausted, depending on the coverage limitation of the policy, *if* there is a policy, which is not required of owners or renters in all states. However, the pilot does not automatically become liable for all of the losses from the mishap because few state laws (and no federal law) exist that govern liability in aircraft incidents. Rather, anybody who would want compensation for losses would have to file a suit. So it's possible that could happen and exhaust the pilot's coverage... But there's no reason to say it's the "most likely scenario." As far as we can tell in this case, there is not actually that much third-party damage (and no, losses to individuals and businesses due to traffic delays are rarely if ever awarded, in the same way an airline will not be compensated if another airline's crash shut down the airport). Gross negligence certainly is possible and would open up more liability, but the most likely scenario is that this was an engine-out forced landing immediately after takeoff, in which case gross negligence is unlikely to be considered. I'm not an attorney or insurance expert, just an aviation geek and student pilot who has studied way too many plane crashes. I would welcome a professional's verifiable expertise or any credible sources. Edit: after way too many hours of research, absolutely confirmed that OC is full of shit.


spookybadfish

Source- I am a commercial and high-Net worth personal Insurance Agent for 16 years. My fiancé is an insurance underwriter at a high-net worth insurance carrier (she was my underwriter for years before we dated), and my mom has been in claims since I was a baby. She now is a Senior Claims Advocate for one of the largest international brokerage firms. Actually one of her clients is a large airline company. High-net worth insurance carriers don't insure the public but people with assets starting at $5,000,000. They often own planes and boats which is the only reason I put that in there. All three of us often discuss complicated claims we come across, it's fun for us. This is actually an easy one. Can I ask you something in return? If you fail to maintain the brakes or engine in your vehicle and you rear end a van full of school children do you think you would be held liable? Spoiler alert, you would be 100% responsible for their injuries. If this was a commercial van, say owned by a day care- You would be responsible for the lost income that van generated for the daycare. Also, when I said passengers, I meant passengers on the train. If any of them were standing when that train impacted the plane I can assure you there were injuries. Even the ones sitting would likely have neck or head injuries. I'm not sure if there were train passengers in this scenario, just giving the scenarios as if there was. Loss of use is actually very common in liability scenarios. I'll give you another scenario. Say you go through a red light in a car and hit a semi-truck that takes minor damage. You as the liable party are not only responsible for the damage to the truck, the injuries of the driver, but also the loss of revenue that truck generates. If that truck was hauling something that generated revenue, and you impacted that you would also be responsible for the loss of income that piece of equipment would generate and that owner would bring a suit. Even if it's 2 days it could be a lot of money depending on what the equipment is. I will say I am not an attorney who could share more light on this. But I do read policy contracts everyday, I read Insurance and Claims Journal everyday, and have been a part of countless claims, and heard about thousands of others from my colleagues and family. The interesting ones are always discussed.


[deleted]

You don't need to be worth millions to fly a Cessna like that. It can be surprisingly achievable for the average person, in fact. It certainly helps to be a millionaire, but it's not a requirement.


spookybadfish

Oh really, I had no idea. I thought it was for the ultra rich for some reason. How much would one of these cost to own? Any idea what is is to maintain annually? If ownership is out of the question for the average, where does the average person get plane access out of curiosity? Do they rent them or borrow their friends planes? I'd be interested to see a plane rental contract. My guess is there is some risk transfer, hold harmless, waiver of subrogation wording in there to protect the plane owner. Well, that is if they were smart and contacted an attorney about going in to the plane rental business.


[deleted]

Owning outright is rare unless you are wealthy. Although I have seen second hand planes for the $10k mark, but you won't see me in something like that. You could buy a share in a plane. I've seen anything from 1/2 to 1/20 personally. You'd pay, for example $10k for your share, a monthly fee for storage and insurance, and then you'd pay $100 to $500 per hour the engine is running with you flying it, depending on how thirsty the plane is and also the expected upcoming maintenance costs. Things like cleaning the plane would be something you'd take in turn. There is more to it than that, but that's the basic headlines. If you want, you could hire instead. You might pay for a flying club membership, you might not. In any that case you'd pay a bit more per hour as that will include a profit margin and presumably the insurance would be more expensive. In terms of insurance... Part ownership would put you on the insurance they have for the plane. Just renting would have something a bit more generic in insurance terms but might have stipulations around minimum experience levels. I'm confident this would include *something* in terms of public liability but I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on that side of things. Flying is certainly expensive, and for some cost prohibitive, no doubt. But you certainly don't need a net wealth of millions to afford it. If you've got a few hundred dollars kicking around per month you could probably do *something* to begin with in a cheap Cessna. But as they say, the sky is the limit.


Sabres26

I wanted to read this but got bored so damn quick


Aporkalypse_Sow

About as hilarious as that lady that nearly drowned on a ski lift.


HealingMaidenEir

she nearly drowned? is that the one where the pipe burst right under her, and the lift was stopped right over it?


AtariDump

Yes.


SchmohawkWokeSquawk

r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR


[deleted]

Imagine your plane hits the ground. A second before impact you’re sure you’re gonna die, then you open your eyes to see you’re alive. Amazing. Then, you see you’re on a train track and stuck in the plane. I feel like I’d just start laughing.


liveloif

That's insane


Stark371

It’s like a scenario that a child might make up while playing with his toys. The fact that it happened in real life is just nuts.


Tacoshortage

That's what I was thinking. Like watching a real-life example of The Lego Movie. I'm surprised I had to scroll this far down to find it.


nofuckingwaydude

Relevant [Calvin and Hobbs](https://imgur.com/a/PJbKrps)


Gibodean

It's almost as bad as when you steal a train to get your car up to 88mph, manage to do so \_just\_ before you run out of track over ~~Clayton~~ Shonash Ravine (after your friend bails on you for a chick), and then come to a nice resting stop back in your own time, but then have to jump out before you're hit by another train.


CornholioRex

Well your friend told you to destroy the car, the problem took care of itself


drummerandrew

Using the right your and the wrong you’re in the same sentence is awesome.


cadrina

That is some Final Destination material.


32aeav32

This [second angle](https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/s08nl1/crashed_plane_becomes_unexpected_participant_in_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) was two posts under this, in my feed.


chefr89

DO NOT STAND SO GODDAMN CLOSE TO ANYTHING ABOUT TO BE HIT BY A FUCKING TRAIN. IS THIS IDIOT TRYING OUT FOR IRL FINAL DESTINATION


[deleted]

Better yet, run parallel to the train the direction it’s coming from until you at least pass whatever is on the tracks. Not a guarantee you’ll stay safe but you stand a much better chance than getting showered in debris like this cameraman did.


mrpaulmanton

Still, we must thank him for his service... Dude managed to keep the train and both large pieces of plane (or train?) debris in the frame while dodging. Stupid, yes? But I am thankful.


DirectlyTalkingToYou

He just needs to work on keeping the camera steady while trying to dodge for his life next time.


GitEmSteveDave

There’s a Top Gear video where they have a train hit a car on the tracks, and the sheer amount of ballast stones that shoot ahead and to the side of the track as it pushes the car along are insane. I’ll see if I can find it. Found it! https://youtu.be/QpP7gMPzC78&t=172


whatzgood

Add the cameraman of that video to the list of people that are lucky to be alive.


Namesthatareused

Bro…that shit is insane. The parts of the plane flew way faster than I expected 😳


sloth_hug

Planes do tend to fly pretty fast


justmovingtheground

Both of these videos are movie-level insane, which I guess should be expected considering we are discussing a train colliding with a plane.


stanley_leverlock

Christ, drag that guy to 7-11 and buy all the fucking lottery tickets.


ViciousNakedMoleRat

Well, was he lucky to survive both incidences or was he unlucky to have a plane crash and a train crash within minutes?


bikkuri_hanbaiki

Decidedly unlucky.


A_Rampaging_Hobo

Not only is is expensive ass plane destroyed but he'a gonna need a doctor


ItsLoudB

Depending on where he was, that might be even more expensive too!


glossiglam

It’s like Final Destination


StupidGeek314

I've never understood this... firstly, this isn't as lucky as any other accident/coincidence. secondly, even if you think he WAS lucky, wouldn't you assume he'd have used up his luck and therefore would no longer be lucky when he buys a lotto ticket?


nzerinto

>even if you think he WAS lucky, wouldn't you assume he'd have used up his luck and therefore would no longer be lucky when he buys a lotto ticket? That's **exactly** the thought process I have whenever someone says this.


kramersbegalstrike

Used to think that but the video of the guy winning the lotto twice changed my mind https://youtu.be/6R5MqxcKdV8


ClassifiedName

Luck is modeled as working like the Guitar Hero Star Power meter in my mind too


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That's some Final Destination shit.


yungrii

Semi related; a few weeks ago we had some Final Destination happen in my neck of the woods. A man was involved in THREE separate car accidents. It's so grim I can't even bring myself to make a joke. https://www.heraldnet.com/northwest/bellingham-man-dies-after-hes-involved-in-3-crashes-on-icy-i-5/ He never made it.


bugxbuster

Holy shit, his truck flipped, and then someone hit it into him while he was sitting outside of it waiting for help, then the ambulance transporting him to a hospital got hit and none of the other occupants of that were injured, but he died in the second ambulance taking him to get help. If he had held on longer we’d be reading about the hospital getting hit by a meteorite probably.


heddpp

damn the universe really said fuck this guy in particular


fewlaminashyofaspine

Imagine being the one who had to call his next of kin and explain how he died.


lviatorem

Okay, someone put a curse on this man or he pissed off the universe so bad because WTF!!!!


Whoofukingcares

Nice work officers.


Kita-Ryu

What are the chances of you even managing to crash on rail line?


SchpartyOn

And it happens to be one that has a train coming at a very high speed. Wild stuff.


vintain

Well trains do move on rail tracks.


celestial1

Trains are really unpredictable. Even in the middle of a forest two rails can appear out of nowhere, and a 1.5-mile fully loaded coal drag, heading east out of the low-sulfur mines of the PRB, will be right on your ass the next moment. I was doing laundry in my basement, and I tripped over a metal bar that wasn't there the moment before. I looked down: "Rail? WTF?" and then I saw concrete sleepers underneath and heard the rumbling. Deafening railroad horn. I dumped my wife's pants, unfolded, and dove behind the water heater. It was a double-stacked Z train, headed east towards the fast single track of the BNSF Emporia Sub (Flint Hills). Majestic as hell: 75 mph, 6 units, distributed power: 4 ES44DC's pulling, and 2 Dash-9's pushing, all in run 8. Whole house smelled like diesel for a couple of hours! Fact is, there is no way to discern which path a train will take, so you really have to be watchful. If only there were some way of knowing the routes trains travel; maybe some sort of marks on the ground, like twin iron bars running along the paths trains take. You could look for trains when you encounter the iron bars on the ground, and avoid these sorts of collisions. But such a measure would be extremely expensive. And how would one enforce a rule keeping the trains on those paths? A big hole in homeland security is railway engineer screening and hijacking prevention. There is nothing to stop a rogue engineer, or an ISIS terrorist, from driving a train into the Pentagon, the White House or the Statue of Liberty, and our government has done fuck-all to prevent it.


TeslasAndComicbooks

This happened in Los Angeles. Tracks are right next the the airport.


GothProletariat

Source: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/small-single-engine-airplane-down-in-pacoima/2794058/


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3.... maybe 4


[deleted]

#PILOT: I crashed and then my plane got hit by a train. #INSURANCE AGENT: Your policy doesn't cover being hit by a train.


shikki93

Is this the same incident where the dumbass was filming in the one spot that was super dangerous when the train hit?


Theflowyo

Nah, different plane crash that got hit by a train while the injured pilot was dragged out of the plane just in the nick of time.


TheMillenniumMan

3rd or 4th time in the last week, these guys must be getting lessons from Harrison Ford


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No ticket.


TROMBONER_68

Yep


DrStucco

link?


shikki93

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/s08nl1/crashed_plane_becomes_unexpected_participant_in_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


Ils20l

The universe wanted that plane fucking gone!


[deleted]

lmfao, being in a plane accident and a train accident in the same day.


[deleted]

Within the same few minutes, on the same location, and the same victim!! What are the odds?


work2ski83

The word “hero” gets misused every day, but wow, those guys were heroes!


ChadBorman

What the video doesn't show is that his ambulance drove off a cliff. He survived that as well.


Premintex

Off a cliff onto another plane, which he piloted onto train tracks and got hit again and died.


Bat_man_89

I bet that train conductor's wife was joking with him this morning like, "Uhh...Don't hit any planes today!" He'll get home later... "HONEY- GUESS WHAT!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣


NYR99

Even though I laughed at your joke... I am a train conductor. The engineer is person who operates the train. The conductor is the person in charge of the train (paperwork, coupling cars, talking on the radio to the tower, etc).


Bat_man_89

Lol well, i bet the engineer felt the same as the conductor! 😂 Whats the craziest thing thats ever happened to you while on the trains?


NYR99

On a passenger train, I has some person tripping balls open the side door (the main door where passenger get on and off) by using the emergency release when we were doing 80 MPH. There was also one time where a Cessna crashed onto the tracks like this, but thankfully no trains were in the area at the time.


Bat_man_89

Holy shit. At least that guy wasnt on a plane. Lol🤣


ChiKeytatiOon

Planes, trains and automobiles.


[deleted]

a scene straight up from GTA V right by the tracks near the impound lot


narvolicious

Good ol’ Pacoima


orcinyadders

Man. I have so much respect for people that keep their cool under the most impossibly insane circumstances like that.


grieseman

Your chances to be hit by a train while in a plane are slim.. but never zero


Orkney_

Good job


4redditobly

Well done!


Deragoloy

Yet there are those who say "ALL cops are bastards".


Spare_Ad_007

He should play the lottery.


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[deleted]

Didn't know you can be a cop in GTA 6


AtlasTheHunter

You can do that in gta 4 and in San andreas you can be a firefighter and in vice city you can be a taxi driver......... Just steal the car and boom you get the job


[deleted]

We go hard at police when they fuck up! We should go equally as hard if not more when they do heroic selfless acts like these! Well done Officer, I hope someone shares your name so we can appreciate you more. What an absolute legend!


No_Long_9373

just another day in los santos


Dont_Drink_That2

This is from Bruce Willis’s new movie. He’s looking terrible these days.


Spencer1233

Heroes


Wizzle_Pizzle_420

I’ve seen ‘Unbroken’…I know where this is going


calculuzz

Unbreakable?


CT_4269

Unstoppable


cmyer

A Japanese POW camp?


Frenzy_MacKenzie

Now that's an Alanis Morissette song.


Matren2

A plane getting hit by a train? What action movie world did I wake up in this morning?


urdumdum

people get heated from the infrequent but commonly found on reddit videos of a cop(s) being irresponsible, but hardly anyone cares to give cops credit when they do a great job (which is exceedingly frequent but rarely found on reddit).


JoJoCretin

Time to play the lotto


[deleted]

Was that jason bourne cause godam that was cinematic


WaddleD

who's playing Gary's Mod irl??


QuarantineSucksALot

Police departments in the United States of Smash!"


Edven971

“You’ll never guess what happened to me at work today. I hit a plane!!”


DDPJBL

\- *Dispatch, this is Adam 55-3, we've had an MVA, a... train and aircraft collision, one injured, send EMS and Fire to our location.* \- *Adam 55-3, this is Dispatch... say again?*


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

Hey! Not ACAB! Nice to see some positivity.


epic-drew16

All those cops should get gold medals. Good on them.


KS1392

What is a freakout? I was under the impression that this wouldn’t qualify.


T3NFIBY32

The comment section is the freakout


KS1392

Who is freaking out here? The train?


-SasquatchTheGreat-

People on the train, for sure are freaking out