Gregory Feith
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No, these winds, as Wizz will tell you, are winds that pilots are trained to handle. There are certain limitations, not only with the aircraft, but the airline sets a policy about wind conditions as well. But when you look at this landing in the video, that aircraft was coming down at a high rate of descent. You typically will go into a flare.
No, these winds, as Wizz will tell you, are winds that pilots are trained to handle. There are certain limitations, not only with the aircraft, but the airline sets a policy about wind conditions as well. But when you look at this landing in the video, that aircraft was coming down at a high rate of descent. You typically will go into a flare.
No, these winds, as Wizz will tell you, are winds that pilots are trained to handle. There are certain limitations, not only with the aircraft, but the airline sets a policy about wind conditions as well. But when you look at this landing in the video, that aircraft was coming down at a high rate of descent. You typically will go into a flare.
and arrest that descent so that when you touch down, your rate of descent is maybe 100 to 200 feet a minute rather than 1,100. The nominal is about 500 to 700 feet per minute. Wait, so just put that in layman's terms.
and arrest that descent so that when you touch down, your rate of descent is maybe 100 to 200 feet a minute rather than 1,100. The nominal is about 500 to 700 feet per minute. Wait, so just put that in layman's terms.
and arrest that descent so that when you touch down, your rate of descent is maybe 100 to 200 feet a minute rather than 1,100. The nominal is about 500 to 700 feet per minute. Wait, so just put that in layman's terms.
Absolutely, almost double, almost twice as fast as it should have been. And again, that's the problem is you saw the right wing drop just before the airplane touched down on the runway. That's what took all that high energy impact was that right main landing gear, the wing, that's what snapped it off.
Absolutely, almost double, almost twice as fast as it should have been. And again, that's the problem is you saw the right wing drop just before the airplane touched down on the runway. That's what took all that high energy impact was that right main landing gear, the wing, that's what snapped it off.
Absolutely, almost double, almost twice as fast as it should have been. And again, that's the problem is you saw the right wing drop just before the airplane touched down on the runway. That's what took all that high energy impact was that right main landing gear, the wing, that's what snapped it off.
And as we said, the left wing was still producing lift, which rolled that airplane and got it sliding sideways. I'm going to be interested...
And as we said, the left wing was still producing lift, which rolled that airplane and got it sliding sideways. I'm going to be interested...
And as we said, the left wing was still producing lift, which rolled that airplane and got it sliding sideways. I'm going to be interested...
to know from the flight data recorder not only what the G trace, that's the G impact, because it's a recorded parameter, how many G forces were experienced on that landing, but to determine whether or not the actual nose of the airplane was cocked off center. A lot of times in these crosswinds, and there were crosswinds, they were gusty crosswinds, and as Wiz knows, when you're flying,
to know from the flight data recorder not only what the G trace, that's the G impact, because it's a recorded parameter, how many G forces were experienced on that landing, but to determine whether or not the actual nose of the airplane was cocked off center. A lot of times in these crosswinds, and there were crosswinds, they were gusty crosswinds, and as Wiz knows, when you're flying,
to know from the flight data recorder not only what the G trace, that's the G impact, because it's a recorded parameter, how many G forces were experienced on that landing, but to determine whether or not the actual nose of the airplane was cocked off center. A lot of times in these crosswinds, and there were crosswinds, they were gusty crosswinds, and as Wiz knows, when you're flying,
You'll typically add a gust factor. You'll actually increase your speed by half the gust factor to give you more controllability. All of these things are going to have to be dissected by the investigators to see what kind of flying and who was flying at the time of the accident.
You'll typically add a gust factor. You'll actually increase your speed by half the gust factor to give you more controllability. All of these things are going to have to be dissected by the investigators to see what kind of flying and who was flying at the time of the accident.
You'll typically add a gust factor. You'll actually increase your speed by half the gust factor to give you more controllability. All of these things are going to have to be dissected by the investigators to see what kind of flying and who was flying at the time of the accident.
Megan, I'll tell you, I call it the electronic witness. Years past, when I first went to work for the board a long time ago, you'd spend a lot of time hunting down witnesses, and then you'd have to ferret out fact from fiction. They'd tell you a thousand different stories. And you tried to pick the factoids. Now we have an electronic witness. It doesn't lie.
Megan, I'll tell you, I call it the electronic witness. Years past, when I first went to work for the board a long time ago, you'd spend a lot of time hunting down witnesses, and then you'd have to ferret out fact from fiction. They'd tell you a thousand different stories. And you tried to pick the factoids. Now we have an electronic witness. It doesn't lie.