#airdisaster — Public Fediverse posts

"Firefighters are heard scrambling to get hoses close enough to the plane to spray water to suppress the flames. The aircraft’s left engine was also still running as firefighters battled the fire, making it dangerous for them to enter the plane to check for patients inside."

Five dead after an Amazon cargo plane veers off MIA runway and smashes into cars
By David J. Neal, David Goodhue, Sofia Saric, Doug Hanks
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article317149792.html

#AirDisaster #Florida #Miami

Data Request For Potomac River Tragedy - National Centers For Environmental Information (NCEI), NOAA In The News
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https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/ <-- shared NCEI home page
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“A CNN Reporter requested data to portray the depth of the Potomac River near the site of the tragic plane and helicopter crash. The Digital Elevation Model Bathymetry (DEM) Team responded with information on how to use NCEI’s high-resolution Continuously Updated Digital Elevation Models (CUDEMs) to generate a map of the Potomac River and provided an example map…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #bathymetry #topobathy #DEM #elevation #depth #NCEI #opendata #CUDEM #disaster #collision #air #potomacriver #potomac #crash #airdisaster #Washington #helicopter #ArmyHelicopter #blackhawk #NOAA #aviation #midair
@NOAA @NCEI