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Give this a day to settle. There's a lot of misinformation out there. NYT: "Its landing gear appeared not to have dropped down from under the plane, and the fl
by Animats 2y ago
Give this a day to settle. There's a lot of misinformation out there.
NYT: "Its landing gear appeared not to have dropped down from under the plane, and the flaps on its wings apparently were not activated for landing, Mr. Tonkin added. “The aircraft was essentially in a flying configuration,” he said. That meant the plane was likely “flying faster than it would normally be in a landing situation.”"
That's consistent with the video. The aircraft is sliding down the runway, lined up with the runway, going too fast, wheels up, flaps up, possibly still under power.
"Why" is days away.
- Xixi 2y agoI'm not competent to judge, but from what I read on another website, two additional elements [1]. On the video of the bird strike flaps were deployed, but during the crash they weren't. The plane did a 180º and landed on a different runway than it was initially approaching (tailwind, making it worse). This suggests (this is only speculation) a scenario akin to: normal approach for landing -> brid strike -> go around (retract flaps and full power on the remaining engine) -> loss of power on the second engine (so no more hydraulic power, and no power to climb) -> attempt to land in very unfavorable conditions. As you say, give it a couple at least a day if not more to settle. [1] airliners.net
- briandear 2y agoCan’t speak for Jeju, but at United flaps 5 is the go-around flap configuration. Never heard of flaps zero on a 737 for a go-around.
- Animats 2y agoStill too little good info. Many bogus statements in news articles. - "Skidded off the runway" - no, the aircraft landed straight, gear up, and too fast, and stayed on the runway to the end. - "Hydraulic failure" - don't know that yet. - "Shut off good engine" - then why so much engine noise in video? The flight recorders have been recovered but are damaged. They can still be read, but not just by plugging in a cable as normal.
- wuming2 2y agoGiven that The Guardian reported they attempted landing and then took off again before the fatal landing happened, meaning they had control and power, and that the airport sits on a peninsula I wonder why not to attempt landing on water. Perhaps sea was rough.
- Arn_Thor 2y agoI don’t think water is preferable to a runway, gear or not. Both will be very hard surfaces indeed at the right speed, and water has additional hazards that more than make up for the fact it has more space.