What’s the first thing you’d do when your plane crashes and you’re okay? Well, this passenger took a selfie with the partially ruined plane.
A US Airways jet blew a tire and crashed upon takeoff in Philadelphia and thankfully, all 154 people on board, including five crew members were fine.
Ultimately, the close shave turned into a once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunity for some.
so my plane just crashed… pic.twitter.com/X51BLwa5PS
— skip (@han_horan) March 13, 2014
“So my plane just crashed,” tweeted @han_horan, who posted a picture of the plane tilted nose-first into the ground but otherwise pretty intact.
so yup pic.twitter.com/2WuLUWzpND
— skip (@han_horan) March 13, 2014
“I almost just died,” she also tweeted, before noting, “So yup,” and turning the camera on herself for a selfie that you do not see every day.
Dennis Fee posted a photo on Facebook of the rescue in progress. It was reportedly the first photo of the crash site and went viral instantly.
“Plane just crashed. But we are OK,” he wrote.
Flight 1702 was taking off for Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., shortly after 6:30 p.m. ET when the accident occurred.
“We believe the tire blew, causing the nose gear to collapse, while it was moving down the runway,” a Philadelphia International Airport spokeswoman said.
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