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Air France 747 CRASHES in Dutch dunes...

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EHM-0641 Rico:
Saturday afternoon, after a call from an eyewitness, a RED ALERT went out for a 4-engine jetplane that went down along the the shore of 'Wijk aan Zee', in Holland.
The firefighters brigade responded in big. All units were mobilized.
At the arrival of the first units, there was indeed a Air France Boeing 747 lying along the shore in the dunes.

Only... It was a RC model plane!

Also the EMS service mobilized with 6 Units, traumahelicopter, and mobile field hospitals.
The police has confiscated the model airplane ( 14x14 feet !!, 4x4M) and took the owner/pilot to the bureau for interogation.

All emergency/rescue units could return safely to their bases from all around the county.

Original article (Dutch)
http://www.brandweer-beverwijk.nl/Inzet/2006/Maart/4-3%20vliegtuig%20wijk%20aan%20zee.htm
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Note: Man do I wish that was my plane !!!

EHM-1651 Christian:
Well someone should start wearing glasses:-)
Not able to see the differnce between a real 747-400 and a scale model.

EHM-0641 Rico:

--- Quote ---Originally posted by baszw
Well someone should start wearing glasses:-)
--- End quote ---

hehehe, on the forum where I got this, it was the first comment they posted :P
 

--- Quote ---Not able to see the differnce between a real 747-400 and a scale model.
--- End quote ---

Don't be mistaken..!! When I have family coming over for holidays, I always go to the lookout spot at our airport. The main STAR here (TNCC) runs along the coastline... and sometimes I spot this plane that looks like a Cesna, and I'm like"no that's not them yet", and 3-4 minutes later the KLM Boeing 747 touches down...

Depending on the distance, it's quite possible that this model plane looked very real to the eyewitness..

EHM-1539 Pierre:
Back lit, far enough so you don't hear it, stable trajectory, if you have no reference for the speed and scale (see "forced perspective" process used as special effects a long time ago) and no quick move that shows that it has smaller inertia... even us may be mistaken I think.

You know most people can't even tell the difference between a 747 and an A320... So real and replica 747...

EHM-1592 Niels:
When i saw this in the newspaper ( www.nhd.nl ) this morning, my first tought was, why they did'nt call Schiphol first to verryfie if there really is a problem, before sending all the rescue teams out, still funny is'nt it ;D

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