Photos taken by Allan Goldstein.
Subject: Southwest airlines accident
aerial photographs
I was able to over fly the Southwest Airlines accident at
Midway airport and got a whole series of aerial photos. I have included 3 three
of them here.
Sadly, a little boy was killed when the engine crushed the car he was in. This
is the first and only fatality Southwest has had in its' 35 year history.
In order to accomplish this photo mission, I called Midway tower on the phone
and talked with the tower operator who said we could do it. However, when I was
near the area, the tower controller said the City of Chicago did not want any
airplane over flying the site. She said I could hold outside the area and they
would call the city and ask. After about 20 minutes and a few radios calls to
them, they insisted the city did not want anyone over flying the area. I was
pretty ticked off and reminded the controller that the airspace is NATIONAL
airspace and should be open to everyone and the City does not have the right to
prohibit aircraft from going anywhere. I told her I was going to head back to
the airport, land and talk with someone from the city. (She gave me the phone
number).
About 2 minutes later, she came back and told me that if I still wanted to do
the photo shoot, I have the permission to do so. What a surprise!! We went over
the site and got about 70 images, both close up and wide angle.
The 6500 foot runway leaves little room for error. Obviously most airliners
land safely, but if there is a failure of any control, such as brakes, engine,
thrust reversers, spoilers or flight crew, the landing is in jeopardy.
Please note these photos are copyrighted and are not to
be reproduced without the consent of the photographer. See below for information on the
photographer
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Allan
Goldstein, Master Aerial
Photographer
Aerial Images Photography
1285 Bradley Lane
Elk Grove Village, IL
60007
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