Boeing 777 crash at SF

[Jantar]

..... In this case, the approach was never stabilised.

And that is the main point. Even in a light aircraft this would be a good reason to go around.

[5150]

And that is the main point. Even in a light aircraft this would be a good reason to go around.

I think this case is not so much of what happened, because we know, but why it happened. Why did both pilots allowed unstabilised approach to continue without going around. More importantly, why did the training pilot did not see the cues and did not call out for speed much earlier. I think those will be the questions asked at the inquiry. PIC was preocupied with flying and trying to get the a/c back on glideslope, but the pilot monitoring should have seen that the airspeed was dropping rapidly, and should have called out way before 200ft mark. He would have seen the speed decaying rapidly at about 1000-1400 feet, but did not raised any concerns with the PIC

[Drew]

If nothing else, this thread is teaching me lots of technical terms, to use in wrong contexts for the rest of my life

[5150]

If nothing else, this thread is teaching me lots of technical terms, to use in wrong contexts for the rest of my life

And here I was thinking that aviation and motorcycling had alot in common. For instance, it takes a a wrong decision and split seccond for things to go horribly wrong in either

[unstuck]

But at least on a bike or in a car, you can pull over if your motor shits itself.

[Drew]

But at least on a bike or in a car, you can pull over if your motor shits itself.

Bet a 777 tries to "pull over" if one engine shits itself too!

[5150]

Bet a 777 tries to "pull over" if one engine shits itself too!

Naah, it keeps flying. But if the seccond one shits it self, then they are fucked. Well, almost. Look at the Hudson river landing

[bobsmith]

Naah, it keeps flying. But if the seccond one shits it self, then they are fucked. Well, almost. Look at the Hudson river landing

Or you get to join the Galunggung Gliding Club...

[unstuck]

Slightly off topic here but........ If you like gliders, watch the glider flight into milford sound sometime. Tis on ewwwtube.

[gammaguy]

ironically,the two confirmed fatalities from this crash seem to have been run over by the fire truck racing to the crash scene,so officially it may go down as a road accident

[Drew]

ironically,the two confirmed fatalities from this crash seem to have been run over by the fire truck racing to the crash scene,so officially it may go down as a road accident

Someone said something similar earlier in the thread. How the fucken hell does that even happen?!!!

[unstuck]

Someone said something similar earlier in the thread. How the fucken hell does that even happen?!!!

I think they got thrown clear, they were down the tail end, and all the smoke and shit, possibilty for something like that is unfortunate but quite possible I would imagine.

[gammaguy]

Someone said something similar earlier in the thread. How the fucken hell does that even happen?!!!

something like this:

teenagers in tail section of plane-tail section of plane breaks off with said teenagers still inside-teenagers end up on runway behind plane-following fire truck didnt see ya mate

squashed teenagers

very sad ,very ironic

[Jantar]

Or you get to join the Galunggung Gliding Club...

For Boeing the Gimli Gliding Club would be a better choice. http://www.wadenelson.com/gimli.html

[Drew]

Think of it from poor teenage girls point of view.

"Howry shit, I'm ariiiiive"!...Thud!

I'm in a strange mood today, but I'm really finding my head turning inside out, at how fucken unlucky that shit is!