More on yesterday's basketball plane wreck
What a harrowing experience. Sounds like the pilot came up big, avoiding a fall into a ravine.
I love the description of Beilein:
Beilein had fuel on his face as helped hold down the inflatable chutes. Once everyone deboarded, he checked with each person individually.
Great guy.
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2017/03/details_and_descripti…
If you are a parent, JB is the guy you want your kids to play for.
The reports about the plane crash yesterday stated that the basketball pep band was on the same plane as the team. I noticed that there was a Michigan Pep Band at the game today. I would assume that their instruments would have been in the cargo hold along with the player's uniforms. Anyone have any information on the band that played today? Was it the regular Pep Band, and if so, how did they get their instruments?
I wasn't able to watch the first half of today's game, but did see the second half of the game - but without sound - so, sorry if this was mentioned during the telecast.
March 10th, 2017 at 10:28 AM ^
All Basketball Band gear, equipment and luggage remain under the plane. The Basketball Band sis actually much larger than what travels. They were able to get replacement instruments and shirts from Revelli Hall and from their friends who weren't on the travel roster.
We are blessed.
THREE plane crash survivals? I dont even know how to react to that
According to reports, he was in class and not on the plane.
that's the first time seeing a photo from that angle, that's some impressive piloting right there, so glad everyone made it out of there safely, Go Blue!!!
But when I saw the Ypsi METAR posted at PPRune after the accident I was wondering about departing in 35 knots w/ gusts to 50-55. Dunno, maybe that's a piece of cake for an MD80 (or derivative)--esp with a pretty favorable 270 x-wind runway YIP has.
Guess we'll have to wait for the NTSB to figure it out.
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March 11th, 2017 at 11:48 AM ^
I dont want to read anything about a dirty D.
An MD guy told me that with at V1 their ASD would have been around 1500 ft with braking action alone. Since it looks like the reversers are deployed in the pictures it really does raise the question of just what the hell happened to have made the stopping distance something like 4K feet after V1 was achieved.
That mattered a lot because the runway was contaminated and the rudder with proper airflow can help steer the plane along with the steerable nose wheel. The runway at willow run was dry and not contaminated.
Crazy that the engines were still running as they're making an emergency exit. Scary to exit like that, especially with fuel leaking.
Jet fuel can't melt John Beilein
Jet fuel can't melt twisted blue steel
Jet fuel isn't that volatile. Yes, it can catch on fire but it won't explode like gasoline. That said, I cannot imagine exiting the plane with the engines still running and fuel on the ground. Yikes.
Chuck Norris just passed the torch to John Beilein
When John Beilein does a push up, he's actually pushing the Earth down
And now the internet must provide a Beilein roundhouse kick gif.
That's leadership. The buck stops with the person in charge.
Hire Beilein.
I've admired Beilein for a long time & now I admire him even more. Character is shown in tough situations & he clearly has *it."
The team looked lost earlier this year and I questioned whether he'd lost a step, but the way they've rebounded, and now after this, my faith is totally restored. HC for as long he wants it. A true Michigan representative in every good way.
Cheers to Beilein! He takes the slogan, "Leaders and best", to heart.
I'm hoping they'll wear the practice jerseys again tomorrow. Who's the white collar team now, Illinois (both of them)?!?
Did they have names on them? Were they their names?
Following the game on Gametracker, I was surprised to see that Kam Chatman, Spike Albrecht and Caris LeVert were on the roster. None got any playing time... Guess they just showed up to show support.
No names just numbers on the back.
Correct me if I'm wrong (I was watching in a small window at work), but there were no names on the jerseys, it had "Michigan Basketball" with their number on the front, and just the number on the back. They all had various shoes on, too, a couple guys had the pink shoes from the Indiana beatdown, and some had the new Jordan XXXI's. Some of the guys had tights/leggings on underneath their shorts, and Chatman had some throwback, real short shorts on.
Wilson is Chatman. That's why Chatman had to "transfer." Beilein took the best of both players and melded them into one super stretch 4. /Science
Holy shit our whole community just ducked what might have been a huge tragedy! It really hits home. Of course we fear any plane mishap, but this has long been a particular fear of mine knowing how much these athletes travel, and the fact that whole teams/organizations travel together. The kids played great today and hopefully they can keep it up, but my guess is at some point each one of them is going to have to process this in their own way and it could be difficult to play at a high level. I just thank God they are all okay. Go blue!
Fire that guy
The new Chuck Norris!
'Wreck" is more accurate then "slid off a runway" as previously reported. The magnitude of this accident:
1) Aborted takeoff at (assumed departure roll) high speed
2) Crashed through localizer antenna
3) Ran through 1,000' Runway safety area, presumably taking out a series of approach lights
4) Ran through a fence and across a road.
5) Passed over a swale, instead of diving into it, and
6) Collapsed all gear somewhere.
Yes, there are some safety designs in place (frangible coupling on navaids), safety area dimensions, and on-airport rescue, etc that contributed to the outcome. And while it's perverse to use the term - a "spectacular" accident like this without fuel ignition, let alone without any serious injury is just about unheard of. While most of us were worried about a game, this incident was likely at several junctures just a hair from us losing 109 members of our community, let alone the most deadly civil accident in near memory.
how awful that had to be. What can you really say except keep in mind when firing off attacks...that Donnal and Teske were taking the doors off the plane to begin the emergency exit, Irvin was in tears when he called his mother, Beilein was being splashed with fuel trying to hold down the chutes and the rest of the stories still to be told. It's not that we all don't see when things don't go well, it's about rooting hard as hell that they do.
Actually surprised Harbaugh hasn't weighed in to talk about how tough and resilient they've been
If it was IU he probably would have :)
Sobering to think how much worse this could've gone. Grateful as a fan and alum that the story today is about a big victory over Illinois and not a tragic plane accident.
seconds from a Marshall type catastrophe...Cant believe how the team responded...
This can only bring the team closer and more determined...BEAT PURDUE!