<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[planes - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA[SFist is San Francisco's source for fun, witty, & serious news. With updates about restaurants, events, sports, politics & more, SFist reaches millions of users in California.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/</link><image><url>https://sfist.com/favicon.png</url><title>planes - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, &amp; Sports</title><link>https://sfist.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 2.12</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:01:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sfist.com/planes/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Video: Two Planes Landing At SFO In Beautiful Synchronicity]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's pretty cool.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2016/06/14/video_two_planes_landing_at_sfo_in/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24314f44ad066cdcf97cb1</guid><category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[airports]]></category><category><![CDATA[flights]]></category><category><![CDATA[planes]]></category><category><![CDATA[SFO]]></category><category><![CDATA[video]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Morse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:40:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2016/06/two_planes-thumb-640xauto-951888.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2016/06/two_planes-thumb-640xauto-951888.png" alt="Video: Two Planes Landing At SFO In Beautiful Synchronicity"><p><iframe width="640" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LEE35V5m98Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>

<p>While it won't make everything right with the world, this short video of two planes landing simultaneously at SFO is pretty cool. And it might, just for a few seconds, provide you with a brief moment of respite from the soul-crushing news of this week. </p>

<p>The video, shot by a passenger and published to YouTube yesterday, has already been viewed over 100,000 times. </p>

<p>In it you can see a United jet slowly descend over the Bay and gently land on an SFO runway — almost exactly in time with the plane the person filming is sitting in. Strangely, no one on board applauds, but that's OK — we still know it's rad. </p>

<p><strong>Related:</strong> <a href="http://sfist.com/2016/04/13/video_california_man_thrown_off_pla.php">Video: California Man Thrown Off Plane Yells About His 176 IQ, $4 Million Salary, And Six Homes</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photo: Small Plane Lands On San Jose Expressway]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a jarring lack of fuel, a (scary!) small plane had to make an emergency landing this morning on a San Jose expressway while heading to the Reid-Hillvew airport.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2013/10/03/photo_small_plane_lands_on_san_jose/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24253144ad066cdcf34000</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[airplanes]]></category><category><![CDATA[emergency landing]]></category><category><![CDATA[planes]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Jose]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:48:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2013/10/plane_san_jose_expressway_2-thumb-640xauto-811305.jpeg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2013/10/plane_san_jose_expressway_2-thumb-640xauto-811305.jpeg" alt="Photo: Small Plane Lands On San Jose Expressway"><p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;">  </span></p>

<p>After a jarring lack of fuel, a (scary!) small plane had to make an emergency landing this morning on a San Jose expressway while heading to the Reid-Hillvew airport. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Plane-Makes-Emergency-Landing-on-San-Jose-Street-226308891.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_BAYBrand">NBC Bay Area</a> reports: "The San Jose Fire Department said the aircraft landed safely about 8 a.m. on Capitol Expressway between Quimby Road and Tully Avenue, east of of U.S. Highway 101."</p>

<p>No injuries were reported. </p>

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</center>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[SFO-Bound Plane Evacuated In Denver Due To Bomb Threat]]></title><description><![CDATA[An United Airlines plane headed for San Francisco Airport was evacuated in Denver after authorities got wind of a bomb threat. Yikes! "Carrie Harmon of the Transportation Security Administration, acco...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2012/03/01/sfo-bound_plane_evacuated_in_denver/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2424c944ad066cdcf30ac8</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[bomb threat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Denver]]></category><category><![CDATA[evacuation]]></category><category><![CDATA[planes]]></category><category><![CDATA[SFO]]></category><category><![CDATA[united airlines]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:25:38 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2012/03/united-airlines-address-thumb-640xauto-697439.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2012/03/united-airlines-address-thumb-640xauto-697439.jpg" alt="SFO-Bound Plane Evacuated In Denver Due To Bomb Threat"><p>An United Airlines plane headed for San Francisco Airport was evacuated in Denver after authorities got wind of a bomb threat. Yikes! "Carrie Harmon of the Transportation Security Administration, according to <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/01/4303529/plane-evacuated-in-denver-after.html">Associated Press</a>, said "someone phoned in a bomb threat at about 7:30 a.m. on Thursday" and that "passengers, cargo and baggage were removed for re-screening."</p>

<p>The United Airlines flight, <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/01/BA2M1NEPMO.DTL">No. 869</a>, was rescheduled and is expected to land at SFO at around 11:19 a.m.</p>

<p>Today's bomb threat comes on the heels of another threat that, <a href="http://sfist.com/2012/02/24/breaking_suspicious_package_evacuat.php">on February 24</a>, shut down an entire terminal. The threat in the that case?  An elderly woman's <a href="http://kron.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=3229">oxygen tank</a> TSA mistook for a bomb.</p>

<p>[<a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/01/4303529/plane-evacuated-in-denver-after.html">Sacto Bee</a>]</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threatening Sticker Diverts SFO Flight to Germany]]></title><description><![CDATA[A United Airlines flight from SFO to Frankfurt, Germany needed to make an emergency stop in Chicago on Sunday. It seems that a crew member discovered a "sticker with a threatening message in a bathroo...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2011/07/11/threatening_sticker_found_diverts_s/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2428cf44ad066cdcf51f56</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[bathrooms]]></category><category><![CDATA[chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[germany]]></category><category><![CDATA[graffiti]]></category><category><![CDATA[planes]]></category><category><![CDATA[stickers]]></category><category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category><category><![CDATA[united airlines]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:53:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/07/Hello_My_Name_Is_Sticker-thumb-640xauto-640763.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2011/07/Hello_My_Name_Is_Sticker-thumb-640xauto-640763.jpg" alt="Threatening Sticker Diverts SFO Flight to Germany"><p></p>

<p>A United Airlines flight from SFO to Frankfurt, Germany needed to make an emergency stop in Chicago on Sunday. It seems that a crew member discovered a "sticker with a threatening message in a bathroom," so the plane was diverted as a precaution. After the plane was emptied and searched, wherein nothing dangerous uncovered, the flight then continued on to Germany. </p>

<p>No word yet as to what the menacing sticker said. </p>

<p>[<a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/10/3759675/threat-forces-united-flight-to.html">AP</a>]</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Blue Angels Have Arrived]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can you hear them? They're just overhead. And interrupting our typically peaceful lunch hour. Anyway, if you snap a shot of them flying above, <a href="mailto:editor@sfist.com">send them our way</a>. ...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2009/10/08/the_blue_angels_have_arrived/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24249a44ad066cdcf2f336</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blue Angels]]></category><category><![CDATA[noise pollution]]></category><category><![CDATA[planes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:41:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/10/usflagblueangels-thumb-640xauto-446870.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/10/usflagblueangels-thumb-640xauto-446870.jpg" alt="The Blue Angels Have Arrived"><p></p>

<p>Can you hear them? They're just overhead. And interrupting our typically peaceful lunch hour. Anyway, if you snap a shot of them flying above, <a href="mailto:editor@sfist.com">send them our way</a>. Or, better yet, tag them with 'sfist' in your Flickr account. </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plane Crashes In Napa]]></title><description><![CDATA[A small prop plane bound for Bakersfield, a Cessna 182 to be exact, <a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Plane-Crashes-in-Napa-52518227.html">crashed shortly after takeoff</a> from Napa ...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2009/08/05/plane_crashes_in_napa/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24274144ad066cdcf450aa</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[airports]]></category><category><![CDATA[napa]]></category><category><![CDATA[plane crash]]></category><category><![CDATA[planes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Barmann]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:29:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/08/plane-crash-cessna-thumb-640xauto-429212.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/08/plane-crash-cessna-thumb-640xauto-429212.jpg" alt="Plane Crashes In Napa"><p>A small prop plane bound for Bakersfield, a Cessna 182 to be exact, <a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Plane-Crashes-in-Napa-52518227.html">crashed shortly after takeoff</a> from Napa County Airport this morning at around 4:30 a.m.  The pilot, who was the only person aboard, was killed.  That is all.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plane Makes Emergency Landing at SFO]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Northwest flight going from San Francisco to Tokyo had to turn back to SFO yesterday afternoon after one of its engines stalled. Yikes. "The A330 Airbus took off from SFO around 1:30, but soon had p...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2009/07/10/plane_makes_emergency_landing_at_sf/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c24291644ad066cdcf542e2</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[emergency landing]]></category><category><![CDATA[planes]]></category><category><![CDATA[SFO]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:51:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/07/airplane sfo-thumb-640xauto-384331.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/07/airplane sfo-thumb-640xauto-384331.jpg" alt="Plane Makes Emergency Landing at SFO"><p> A Northwest flight going from San Francisco to Tokyo had to turn back to SFO yesterday afternoon after one of its engines stalled. Yikes. "The A330 Airbus took off from SFO around 1:30, but soon had problems with one of its two engines and was forced to turn around," reports <a href="http://www.kcbs.com/Emergency-Landing-at-SFO/4772834">KCBS</a>. Thankfully, no one was injured. This comes on the heels of the Air France crash's black boxes being deemed <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/10/world/main5149976.shtml">unretrievable</a> by U.S. Air Force authorities. (Aside: if black box recordings interest you, pick up a copy of . It's a fascinating read. Just be sure not to use for light reading while you're waiting for your plane to board.)</p><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Box-Recorder-flight-Accidents/dp/0688158927/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1247244602&amp;sr=8-6">The Black Box: All-New Cockpit Voice Recorder Accounts Of In-flight Accidents</a></i>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds' Photo Op With Low-Flying Jets Scares NYers]]></title><description><![CDATA[While hovering helicopters for TV shows <a href="http://sfist.com/2009/04/09/why_is_there_a_helicopter_hovering.php">alarm Bay Area residents</a>, think about folks in downtown Manhattan who <a href="...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2009/04/27/feds_photo_op_with_low-flying_jets/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c242fea44ad066cdcf8c9c2</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category><category><![CDATA[Department of Defense]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category><category><![CDATA[NYC]]></category><category><![CDATA[planes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Chung]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:18:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/04/2009_04_jets-thumb-640xauto-210697.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/04/2009_04_jets-thumb-640xauto-210697.jpg" alt="Feds' Photo Op With Low-Flying Jets Scares NYers"><p>While hovering helicopters for TV shows <a href="http://sfist.com/2009/04/09/why_is_there_a_helicopter_hovering.php">alarm Bay Area residents</a>, think about folks in downtown Manhattan who <a href="http://gothamist.com/2009/04/27/buildings_evacuated_as_air_force_on.php">spotted a low-flying plane being tailed by fighter jets</a>.  Some buildings were evacuated while others told employees they were staying put—and then the <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2009/04/27/readers-did-you-see-the-low-flying-jet-over-lower-manhattan/">FAA explained</a> "the <strong>Defense Department is conducting a photo op that involves deploying two F-16s and escorting a Boeing 747 in the vicinity of Lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty</strong>... the maneuver was not an emergency and was coordinated in advance with the FAA and state and local officials."  (The Boening 747 was one of the planes that the President uses, but President Obama was not on board.) Of course, the warning from NYC government came right at the same time as the maneuver, not in advance, because the feds apparently didn't want the flight to be disclosed. So, this is clearly a Department of Defense FAIL, right? <b>Update</b>: NYC Mayor Bloomberg is "furious" (apparently he didn't know about the flyover!) and now t he White House <a href="http://gothamist.com/2009/04/27/department_of_defenses_plan_to_scar.php">has apologized</a>.  </p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>