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Is there actually any kind of believable “pilot error” that can cause a passenger 737-800 to catch fire in the air and crash?
by spease 7y ago
Is there actually any kind of believable “pilot error” that can cause a passenger 737-800 to catch fire in the air and crash?
- kitteh 7y agoHitting another aircraft. See the psa flight that went down in San Diego years ago, they even have a few pictures of it after the hit and mid air fire.
- t0mas88 7y agoNo, there isn't. And an engine fire does not cause an airliner to crash. We all train those every 6 months in the simulator, if you get that wrong you'll fail the sim check and not get back to flying commercially until you've done remedial training and a satisfactory check fight. So there is more to this crash than just an engine fire, or simple "pilot error"
- melcor 7y agoThe pilot failed to successfully evade an incoming missile?
- cjbprime 7y ago> Is there actually any kind of believable “pilot error” that can cause a passenger 737-800 to catch fire in the air and crash? Yes, here's one (on an A300) where pilot error while operating the rudder sheared off the vertical stabilizer and caused a crash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_587 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_587 There were reports of an explosion/fire in the air, as the plane pulled itself apart. > The crash was witnessed by hundreds of people, 349 of whom gave accounts of what they saw to the NTSB. About half (52%) reported a fire or explosion before the plane hit the ground. Others stated that they saw a wing detach from the aircraft, when in fact it was the vertical stabilizer.