The thrust reversers´ position is interesting. Seems the plane pancaked before they were able to extend completely. So I suppose they had no braking action other than friction.
Jump to postI do see the flaps. Plus they say the MD-87 never left the ground. If it had not been correctly configured, it would have gotten off the ground on ground effect, stalled with a rocking wing motion and would have fallen back with an uncontrolled impact. At least that´s how the stalls on the Northwest...
Jump to postGreat report! Could you mention the flight time? I´m curious about how many hours it takes to get from GRU to MCO. I did GRU-MIA and I can´t recall. The food looks great. Better the lunch than the breakfast but the mere fact that they serve a real meal as the second service is outstanding in this er...
Jump to postGreat Trip Report. I particularly liked the detailed hotel review in TLV. As for the rest of it, thanks for reminding me yet again why I refuse to fly IB. Especially on the Premium services. I don´t know how much money you paid, but if it weren´t for the the seat, it looked like a Y class of service...
Jump to postfpetrutiu wrote:SpaceshipDC10 wrote:AR385 wrote:But I do not think the issue here is fuel exhaustion.
Would fuel exhaustion produce the fireball we see when they crashed?
Fuel fumes are more explosive than the fuel itself (TWA800). I would say yes.
It would not be the first time a PIA crew forgot to lower the gear. It does seem obvious the engines made ground contact an were damaged. Wether they were damaged to the point they failed at some time afterwards I could not say. But I do not think the issue here is fuel exhaustion.
Jump to postIt´s a selfish way to go, due to the potential accident the collision could have generated. But as far as a "good way to go", it probably is. I can´t think of a more painless and quickest way to go. He probably never even felt the collision with the the engine. And it seems it hit it twice.
Jump to postGood luck implementing this plan. Unions in both carriers are going to raise a ruckus.
Jump to postReally nice trip report. Very detailed and complete. The amount of food served on the NYC sectors is mind-blowing. Might not be gourmet style but is simple, comforting food in good amounts. Sometimes that is a nice change from what you get on the more "upscale carriers". I loved the "...
Jump to postThat´s gotta the most amazing cabin crew I´ever heard of.
Jump to postThere are three dead so far.
Jump to postThe only question I have is why the flight diverted. MEX has been operating with that volcano acting up like that for the past 25 years with worse "eruptions". It is probably the most monitored volcano in the world. I guess it was out of an abundance of caution. And it was the correct deci...
Jump to postI´m happy he´s gone. But, it was a military coup. To call it a military coup implies that the military forced him out of power (put him under arrest and assumed all power). To also call it a coup means that he was the legitimate ruler of the country being forced out by the whims of a few. Despite t...
Jump to postI´ll leave this gem here and slowly walk away...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro84v1B9xMs
Fantastic trip report. One of those few that make a difference on this site. Congrats.
Jump to postExcellent trip report, Thanks. LH is the only airline I fly when I go to Europe. Glad it remains as I know it.
Jump to postI loved your report. Berlin seems incredibly nice. I seemed to have a special relationship with D-ABVP. I´ve flown on it over 8 times on a variety of routes. Once, I had to do an EZE-FRA. connecting to MEX and D-ABVP took me on all sectors. The crew on the EZE-FRA part couldn´t stop laughing when th...
Jump to postThank you for the very interesting and detailed report. Would love to try them someday!
Jump to postAccident: Aeromexico Connect E190 at Durango on Jul 31st 2018, veered off and overran runway after failed takeoff and burst into flames By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, Feb 25th 2019 17:17Z, last updated Monday, Feb 25th 2019 21:19Z On Feb 23rd 2019 Mexico's Secretaria de Communicationes y Transpo...
Jump to postYou are welcome to suggest deletion at any point in time, D L X. There also are many posts about a certain American airline.that every single time every single time it had an issue, we got threads of at least 3 pages. So the fact that videos of that airline are great and "thanks for sharing etc...
Jump to postOne of Aeromexico´s landings. This one is a ERJ-145 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh6Bc6j1zU4&feature=share Perhaps I am missing something, but how is this relevant to the discussion? It is important to the discussion because AM assigns their regional jets to crews that are young and without ...
Jump to postOne of Aeromexico´s landings. This one is a ERJ-145
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh6Bc6j ... ture=share
Something similar happened with an A320 in the Mediterranean with the Air NZ 888 test flight. Pitch was trimmed for slow flight, engines went to TOGA and they missed the use "Manual Pitch Trim" cue that would have most likely kept them from getting into the situation they got into. Also w...
Jump to postSomething similar happened with an A320 in the Mediterranean with the Air NZ 888 test flight. Pitch was trimmed for slow flight, engines went to TOGA and they missed the use "Manual Pitch Trim" cue that would have most likely kept them from getting into the situation they got into. Also w...
Jump to postThe Captain is still in the hospital because even though the doctors were able to decompress the marrow. The doctors have warned him sternly that any movemennt of his neck will result in rendering him a paraplegic. The girl will be discharged soon, her injuries are not that severe. She has 1st. and...
Jump to postOne of the F/As remained on board the plane until she made sure no one was staying behind. She was the last to leave. Reminds me of The Costa Concordia,,,
Jump to postThe Captain is still in the hospital because even though the doctors were able to decompress the marrow. The doctors have warned him sternly that any movemennt of his neck will result in rendering him a paraplegic. The girl will be discharged soon, her injuries are not that severe. She has 1st. and ...
Jump to postHow would an engine failure/explosion provoke such a loss of control on an airliner? I would say that rather than an engine, it´s the left MLG that broke. The captain is the most hurt person of all of everyone on board. He is undergoing surgery right now, because he suffered broken cervicals. Appare...
Jump to postNot only does the whole thing will never get off the ground, it also looks rather shady.
Jump to postMax Q wrote:Approach and landing was fine, don’t understand why the nose was raised so high after touchdown.
Probably had a tailstrike, not that it mattered, just an unusual technique as was keeping the engines in reverse after coming to a stop causing the huge dust clouds!
Max Q wrote:Approach and landing was fine, don’t understand why the nose was raised so high after touchdown.
Probably had a tailstrike, not that it mattered, just an unusual technique as was keeping the engines in reverse after coming to a stop causing the huge dust clouds!
In 2006 I attempted suicide. I wiil not give any details so people here don´t get any ideas. But the only reason I am here today is because they found on time I was in very dark place. ,No hope of things getting better, Constant anguish and feeling like I was a failure. But now, in 2008 sometimes i ...
Jump to postWow. You probably would have really lost it if you'd been there the night a big ol' Luna Moth (they're huge… Google if you dare!) kept hurling itself against the bathroom window while I was taking a shower. You have no idea. I´ve left movie theaters because those things were around, forfeited final...
Jump to postLepidopterophobia. I´ve had it since I was a child and time has not made it any better. Wow. You probably would have really lost it if you'd been there the night a big ol' Luna Moth (they're huge… Google if you dare!) kept hurling itself against the bathroom window while I was taking a shower. You ...
Jump to postLepidopterophobia. I´ve had it since I was a child and time has not made it any better.
Jump to postWas he "drunk" as in he was leaving a trail of alcohol smell as he was walking erratically, or what this is really is a confusion with blood alcohol limits in different countries?
Jump to postGonzalo, I respectully disagree. The airplane WAS a rust bucket and the airline WAS a cowboy company. Everybody knows that and it has been mentioned before in this thread. They certainly not were an AeroMéxico or a LAN plane. As for the respect of the crew, I don´t agree with your assertion, as the...
Jump to postGonzalo, I respectully disagree. The airplane WAS a rust bucket and the airline WAS a cowboy company. Everybody knows that and it has been mentioned before in this thread. They certainly not were an AeroMéxico or a LAN plane. As for the respect of the crew, I don´t agree with your assertion, as they...
Jump to postFor many reasons. the alarms may not have sounded (I´m inclined to think this is the case) Or the situation was such that they had no time to react. Or maybe they reacted but the lifting devices remained stuck. I don´t think such a rust bucket aircraft operated by a cowboy company would care too muc...
Jump to postIt resembles the Trident crash in London in 1972. There was no fire,and it was a low energy impact, but still everybody died due to back and neck injuries (compression) By the way, the cause was premature retraction of the slats and a subsequent stall with the impossibility of recovering due to the...
Jump to postIt resembles the Trident crash in London in 1972. There was no fire,and it was a low energy impact, but still everybody died due to back and neck injuries (compression) By the way, the cause was premature retraction of the slats and a subsequent stall with the impossibility of recovering due to the ...
Jump to postIt looks more and more like a flaps problem. Either not set correctly for T/O or not set at all. I’m surprised no one has brought this up before. It should be obvious if the flaps we set in the wreckage. Anyone know? This is also a strong possibility. I haven't seen any good pictures of the wings. ...
Jump to postImperialEagle wrote:Have the numerous "eye witness" accounts of the crash been discounted? I have seen more than one description that said an engine was on fire before the crash occurred.
Thank you dcajet and Apprentice for your inputs and additional information Re: An-148. AR385, you seem to have a hunch about the root cause of this crash. Would you mind to share with the rest of us the information that allows your assertion about the flaps? I know the LAPA crash was a consequence ...
Jump to postThank you dcajet and Apprentice for your inputs and additional information Re: An-148. AR385, you seem to have a hunch about the root cause of this crash. Would you mind to share with the rest of us the information that allows your assertion about the flaps? I know the LAPA crash was a consequence ...
Jump to postThank you dcajet and Apprentice for your inputs and additional information Re: An-148. AR385, you seem to have a hunch about the root cause of this crash. Would you mind to share with the rest of us the information that allows your assertion about the flaps? I know the LAPA crash was a consequence ...
Jump to postIt looks more and more like a flaps problem. Either not set correctly for T/O or not set at all.
Jump to post