Author Topic: 777 - 'You have ditched' (Read 2619 times)

RTHolmes · « **Reply #15 on:** January 17, 2008, 12:59:57 PM »

only seen a pic of the crashed plane, it ditched so hard on the left gear its extended up through the wing. i can imagine 99% of the passengers calm til it ditched, with a couple of pilots (real or cartoon) absolutely kacking themselves.

a few years back a friend of mine went to lunch with her grandmother, I was at a loose end so i went along. during lunch I found out this lady has been in 3 fatal plane crashes and survived the capsising of a steamer somewhere in africa. with just a couple of broken bones to show for it. still havent decided if shes lucky or not

john9001 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 17, 2008, 01:22:24 PM »

computer voice:: "pull up.......pull up"

moot · « **Reply #17 on:** January 17, 2008, 01:39:21 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
computer voice:: "pull up.......pull up"

REP0MAN · « **Reply #18 on:** January 17, 2008, 01:42:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Paxil
I think his perkies are safe... looks like he managed to just get on the end of the pavement.

Yeap, just barely on the rearm pad. Nice work on the perkies save Cap'n.

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Bingolong · « **Reply #19 on:** January 17, 2008, 02:30:51 PM »

Double engine faluire lost all electronics 30 seconds before landing

He does deserve a medal.

detch01 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 17, 2008, 03:01:54 PM »

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Originally posted by Bingolong
Double engine faluire lost all electronics 30 seconds before landing He does deserve a medal.

and a change of nicks...

Vulcan · « **Reply #21 on:** January 17, 2008, 03:08:17 PM »

Probably only took 50% fuel. noob.

Airscrew · « **Reply #22 on:** January 17, 2008, 03:25:39 PM »

he should have never lowered the gear, too much drag... he couldve just made a belly landing...

Fishu · « **Reply #23 on:** January 17, 2008, 04:06:44 PM »

In completely (un)related news the prince of Wales has made his first solo flight the same day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7193745.stm

Prince William vs. British Airways 1 - 0?

Spikes · « **Reply #24 on:** January 17, 2008, 04:24:54 PM »

My dad was telling me about this when he picked me up.

cpxxx · « **Reply #25 on:** January 17, 2008, 07:18:00 PM »

Lucky escape for all concerned. Funnily enough it's a bit like one of my AH landings.

There was plenty of fuel onboard. That has been ruled out. So it looks like either windshear late on finals or double engine failure on short finals. The latter seems most unlikely. Having said that some sources say the RAT was deployed which implies loss of engine power.

From descriptions the glide was stretched by raising the nose and basically it stalled onto the grass. The very short distance from touchdown to stopping seems to bear out a very low speed at touchdown. Some passengers interviewed on the BBC said they thought it was just a bumpy touchdown and were unaware that they had crashlanded until they were evacuated from the aircraft and saw it from the outside.

It will be fascinating to what the cause turns out to be. No doubt we will soon be seeing it poorly dramatised on 'Seconds from disaster' or 'Air Crash Investigation on Discovery.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #26 on:** January 17, 2008, 07:25:08 PM »

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Originally posted by Bingolong
Double engine faluire lost all electronics 30 seconds before landing He does deserve a medal.

That's what is being reported, via an airport worker, 2nd hand from a pilot. The black box should tell the real story. I'll wait for that info before I blame the aircraft.

BiGBMAW · « **Reply #27 on:** January 17, 2008, 07:28:09 PM »

short field landing indeed...Love when u save ur perkies when u just get over the runway!!!
wtg!!!

btw wheres the Euro brothers??? If its not Boeing I aint Going bashers??>??.heheh

AWMac · « **Reply #28 on:** January 17, 2008, 08:42:38 PM »

Okay... Where the hell did the Drones go?

Mac

splitatom · « **Reply #29 on:** January 17, 2008, 09:05:02 PM »

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The conclusion doesn't seem to account for the pilot reportedly saying all the electronics had failed. Geese in the engines can't cause that, can they?

i am not sure but they do have emergency lights that will work but i think the digital displays would stop if both engines stoped