Overrun @ St. Barts - Anyone see this yet?
05-31-2009, 05:40 PM
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05-31-2009, 06:51 PM
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Apparently you and I weren't looking at the same video, because the one I was looking at didn't show a wing snapping off.
The pilot of this airplane obviously made a hell of a bad decision to not push the go levers forward after floating more than 1/3 down the runway. But we don't know what he was doing on the wing. Perhaps he was helping passengers evacuate, who knows. I don't, and I seriously doubt anybody here does either.
05-31-2009, 07:57 PM
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So were you there, as an eye witness to the wing snapping off?
Apparently you and I weren't looking at the same video, because the one I was looking at didn't show a wing snapping off.
The pilot of this airplane obviously made a hell of a bad decision to not push the go levers forward after floating more than 1/3 down the runway. But we don't know what he was doing on the wing. Perhaps he was helping passengers evacuate, who knows. I don't, and I seriously doubt anybody here does either.
Apparently you and I weren't looking at the same video, because the one I was looking at didn't show a wing snapping off.
The pilot of this airplane obviously made a hell of a bad decision to not push the go levers forward after floating more than 1/3 down the runway. But we don't know what he was doing on the wing. Perhaps he was helping passengers evacuate, who knows. I don't, and I seriously doubt anybody here does either.
05-31-2009, 08:30 PM
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Came in fast, REAL fast.
Notice the wind sock on the felt side? (and hear the wind)
Also notice the flaps, they were never retracted after touchdown.
May not have saved the plane, but might have helped.
Terrain, winds coming over the hill causing turbulence, might have made the pilot nervous so he added a few knots (like 20) and unfamiliarity with the airport. He was at idle when he passed the camera.
A go around was in order. That much was obvious.
Notice the wind sock on the felt side? (and hear the wind)
Also notice the flaps, they were never retracted after touchdown.
May not have saved the plane, but might have helped.
Terrain, winds coming over the hill causing turbulence, might have made the pilot nervous so he added a few knots (like 20) and unfamiliarity with the airport. He was at idle when he passed the camera.
A go around was in order. That much was obvious.
05-31-2009, 09:17 PM
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So were you there, as an eye witness to the wing snapping off?
Apparently you and I weren't looking at the same video, because the one I was looking at didn't show a wing snapping off.
The pilot of this airplane obviously made a hell of a bad decision to not push the go levers forward after floating more than 1/3 down the runway. But we don't know what he was doing on the wing. Perhaps he was helping passengers evacuate, who knows. I don't, and I seriously doubt anybody here does either.
Apparently you and I weren't looking at the same video, because the one I was looking at didn't show a wing snapping off.
The pilot of this airplane obviously made a hell of a bad decision to not push the go levers forward after floating more than 1/3 down the runway. But we don't know what he was doing on the wing. Perhaps he was helping passengers evacuate, who knows. I don't, and I seriously doubt anybody here does either.
06-01-2009, 04:56 AM
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I'm not implying I saw a wing snap in the video, I am just pointing out that if the wing was filled with fuel, there could be a hazardous situation. I wrote that comment in response to a query concerning the dangers involved when standing on a wing, (especially after an incident).
06-01-2009, 07:42 AM
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