Plane crash at Kansas City Airshow

[Johnny_L.A]

Reposting from the GQ thread:

@Johnny L.A.

When it was mentioned in the MPSIMS thread, I said I noticed a delay. What I didn’t say was that I noticed the delay while watching a video on a couch, knowing that there was going to be a crash. From that perspective, it did seem to take a bit of time to get to the crash site. But I’ve been present for two airshow crashes. I was too far away to see the response for the F-86, but I was up front for the F/A-18. The response was immediate, but it still took time to reach the aircraft. When you’re there, the rescue teams are moving as fast as they can. Reclining on a couch watching a limited field a view and not hearing much besides the announcer urging calm, the perception is that it took the crews a long-ish time to get there.

@WhyWhyWhy

That pilot also hit the ground at terminal velocity and into a fireball. Nobody survives that so rushing things wouldn’t be prudent since doing so could add to the injury list. And I’m an optimist.

Even in an obviously fatal crash, I’m sure that the rescue crews are going in with the hope that maybe, just maybe, they could save a life. Beyond that, it’s important to put out the fire as quickly as possible to preserve any evidence of what may have caused the crash.