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If it turns out it was a mechanical failure, and not pilot error we should credit them for a successful crash landing.
by starpilot 13y ago
If it turns out it was a mechanical failure, and not pilot error we should credit them for a successful crash landing.
- justin66 13y agoIs there a pilot error that can account for the tail ripping off that plane?
- starpilot 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailstrike http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailstrike Eyewitness, standard caveats apply: > “The tail was too low. Instead of coming in flat it was coming in at a 45-degree angle, with the tail far too low,” http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/06/19323541-boeing-777-crashes-while-landing-at-san-francisco-airport?lite http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/06/19323541-boeing-7...
- justin66 13y agoThank you. No kidding about witness reports. At least one news report has claimed that the plane flipped over, and people are just throwing the word "cartwheel" around.
- marvin 13y agoThere is no sense in speculating about the cause until the official report is ready, though. Things that seem obvious immediately can easily turn out to be wrong. Unless we're just speculating for fun.
- coldcode 13y agoLooks like he landed too steep and short of the end of the runway, which is a jetty. Likely ripped off the tail which would have likely bounced the rest of the airframe down onto the engines ripping them off. At least the fuel was low since it was the end of the flight.