The Bus Plunging Thread

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:10 pm

Perhaps we need a PSA?

--J.D.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 3:57 am

ed wrote:I recall that the runway on St Thomas dead ended in a mountain. Some jet had crashed there a couple of years before I went down and the vegetation was still fucked up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_ ... Flight_625

The takeoff was scarier than the landing as I recall.

Ah .... youth

A google image search for St Maarten airport has some interesting results.

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1239& ... BULRPetRpM

Just one example.

http://newsinflight.com/2017/07/13/jet- ... n-airport/

ed · Post by ed » Mon Jan 15, 2018 1:00 pm

Anaxagoras wrote:
ed wrote:I recall that the runway on St Thomas dead ended in a mountain. Some jet had crashed there a couple of years before I went down and the vegetation was still fucked up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_ ... Flight_625

The takeoff was scarier than the landing as I recall.

Ah .... youth
A google image search for St Maarten airport has some interesting results.

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1239& ... BULRPetRpM

Just one example.

http://newsinflight.com/2017/07/13/jet- ... n-airport/

it was reported the plane was an A 320

AirBUS. Damn things are a menace.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 1:55 pm

Doctor X wrote:Perhaps we need a PSA?

--J.D.

Getting that checked next week.

Wait...

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:03 am

SNAP.

"Now just try to relax."

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:56 am

"You might feel some pressure. . . ."

--J.D.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:49 pm

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:41 am

Can't help fools.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:55 pm

From the Charlize Theron School of Avoidance.

--J.D.

shuize · Post by **shuize** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:15 am

A few years ago, I took a bus from Kathmandu to Langtang, Nepal.

I found a short video of some of the route on YouTube. The section filmed is not even close to the worst parts. In fact, I'd say 50~60 percent of the nine hour (100km) ride was worse. In the video, the driver is hardly even slowing down. But there were many places where the tires were so close to the edge the driver's assistant had to get out and guide the bus slowly forward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw0Er_m92W0

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:57 am

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:37 am

Peru again:

At least 44 dead after bus plunges off cliff in Peru

Remember this happened just last month in the same country with a similar death toll.

Anaxagoras wrote:Peru Bus Plunges Off ‘Devil’s Curve,’ Killing at Least 48 (Jan. 3rd)

(Final death toll on that one was 52 apparently, it's mentioned in this article.)

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:46 am

They needed to take the bus to Cartegena.

--J. "Look at Them Snappers!" D.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:10 pm

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Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:44 pm

--J.D.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 2:32 am

An old one (2007 2003):

China Daily wrote:Bus smash kills 21 in Hong Kong

A northbound double-decker bus careered off the Tuen Mun Road near Ting Kau Bridge at about 6:30 am, smashed through safety barriers and plunged 35 metres into an adjacent hill slope.

The 265M KMB (Kowloon Motor Bus) bus, carrying 40 passengers, was en route to Tin Shui Wai from Kwai Chung, when it was in collision with a container lorry.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/200 ... 244497.htm

[Date error corrected as per Comrade Gram's remark.]

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 2:36 am

Witness wrote:An old one (2007):
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/200 ... 244497.htm

The link says 2003

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 2:44 am

Grammatron wrote:The link says 2003

Dyslexia. Thanks for noticing, I'll correct that important information.

ed · Post by ed » Sat Apr 07, 2018 9:48 am

At Least 14 Killed in Bus Crash Involving Junior Hockey League Team in Canada

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/07/worl ... v=top-news

Not plunging exactly but further evidences of how dangerous buses are and proof that they should be registered and the users trained and licensed.

wait ...

shuize · Post by **shuize** » Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:17 pm

Ah, India. Where would this thread be without you.

Indian school bus plunges into gorge, 'killing 27 children' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-43703235

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:49 pm

Too many mountains. They should move India to Kansas.

ed · Post by ed » Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:22 am

shuize wrote:Ah, India. Where would this thread be without you.

Indian school bus plunges into gorge, 'killing 27 children' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-43703235

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/04 ... rJumbo.jpg

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/worl ... icle-click

This meets the ideal contribution to this thread. The report contaibns "Bus", "Gorge" & "Plunge" in the headline.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 2:21 am

The Times of India wrote:48 dead, 11 injured as bus falls into gorge in Uttarakhand

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cit ... 813040.cms

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 3:17 am

"Nice bus ya got there guv. Be a shame if anythin' was ta 'appen to it. For 50 quid a week I can guarantee nobody cuts the brake lines."

They should have bought the "insurance."

shuize · Post by **shuize** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:50 pm

Kenya bus crash kills at least 50 en route to Kisumu http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45807969

ed · Post by ed » Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:16 pm

Why they were going to Kisumu, we'll never know.

Something to ponder.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:21 pm

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/10/us/new-y ... index.html

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:22 am

There's no denying it anymore. Global Bus Plunging is real.

I still think it's natural phenomenon, not man made.

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:01 pm

This one may win the thread but I have to link to it.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-vide ... ver-fight/

Bus plunges of Chinese bridge.

the camera inside the bus showing a woman passenger hitting the driver and him fighting back
a car cam video of him driving off the side of the bridge, killing everybody, ed style.

Lessons:
1. don't pick a fist fight with the bus driver
2. Chinese guardrails are invisible to busses.

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Sat Nov 03, 2018 2:42 am

I agree with Rob, this thread can now be retired and awarded to him.

ed · Post by ed » Sat Nov 03, 2018 9:42 am

Not until we get a report that you were on a plunging bus.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:53 am

Rob Lister wrote: ↑Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:01 pm This one may win the thread but I have to link to it.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-vide ... ver-fight/

Bus plunges of Chinese bridge.

the camera inside the bus showing a woman passenger hitting the driver and him fighting back
a car cam video of him driving off the side of the bridge, killing everybody, ed style.

Lessons:
1. don't pick a fist fight with the bus driver
2. Chinese guardrails are invisible to busses.

Those flimsy guardrails do seem to be a design flaw with the bridge.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Nov 04, 2018 12:56 am

Watching the vid, I'm under the impression the driver did it voluntarily.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:01 am

Witness wrote: ↑Sun Nov 04, 2018 12:56 am Watching the vid, I'm under the impression the driver did it voluntarily.

It does look like he steered it that way. I have no idea what he was thinking. He was clearly distracted by the woman attacking him though.

ed · Post by ed » Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:20 am

The episode epitomizes the ineffable nature of Bus Plunging. An exemplar, as it were. I hope that we are all learning from these episodes.

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Sun Nov 04, 2018 4:57 pm

I have learned to never get on a bus.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:24 am

ed wrote: ↑Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:20 am The episode epitomizes the ineffable nature of Bus Plunging. An exemplar, as it were. I hope that we are all learning from these episodes.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:31 am

For the curious, bus plunging has a site: http://users.lmi.net/tcs55/.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:29 pm

Autobús con un equipo de fútbol cae a un abismo; siete personas mueren

https://www.tribuna.com.mx/mundo/Autobu ... -0083.html

Peru. Seven killed; on board soccer team from a school.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:26 pm