air disaster - united airlines flight 585

a Boeing 737-200 prepares to land when suddenly it looses control and nose dives and crash into the fields of colorado springs.

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[butchwmathews]

It will be 18 years on March 3rd. I was on duty at Security Fire Dept Station 3 when this crash happened. My unit arrived on scene within minutes of the crash. My image appears in this video as a lone firefighter standing near the edge on the burn area. I still have nightmares about it.

[sideslide23]

I wouldn't fly on any of the 737 200 series because the engine is too small, the wings are small and the yawn sucks, so if you ever go with the 737, make shure its the 300 series or newer.

[GTACIP]

just saying look at the crash site - littered with full equipment, and everything practically in shape not disintergrated - that is why Flight 93 was a fake

[pressplayllc]

who would fly from denver to colorado springs? its like an hour away

[MrColoradowilderness]

i was there in view of the park the morning that plane crashed. i was on the east side of the park and saw the whole thing. I havent flown in or out of the co spgs airport since. that is the most vivid memory i have to this day. 20 years later

[Solidsound261]

a windshear of 50kts is ridiculous, even for the most massive planes. it's enough so that one second you are straight and level and the next you are dropping out of the sky. As a student pilot i can't imagine why they would not deviate to another airport. Experience is good but it breeds over-confidence.

[Cosnowboy]

wish I go back there to the plane crash on that day and put flowers and candles for those peoples life and for there family...... Can say that I have nightmares since 7 1/2 years old of that day....... If people really want to know were I live at was on Metropolitan St. and Eliot Ave.

[kingsharkoon]

@fitzroyvictoria Sometimes there's no other plane available so... what should you do? Anyway I don't think the CRJ for example would be that much more profitable than a 737NG (I know in video a 732)... Also maybe they tried to offer maximum capacities on everytime they fly to have as much as possible transferpassengers. They'd their reasons for sure. Airline business isn't that easy than you think! :P

[fitzroyvictoria]

@kingsharkoon why use a large jet aircraft for a small flight? its like using buses in the place of taxis... on paying passenger... 50 empty seats... makes no sense

[longlive737]

The controller shouldn't have let them land. I don't know of they embellished this or not, but 50 knots is WAY too much wind shear. That's enough to instantly stall it or push it into overspeed. If it is true, then the pilots should have opted to hold or return to Denver.