Was it true that this flight was initially supposed to land on a different runway? Could the height of runway A be lower than the height of runway B and some pilot adjustment need to be made?
That's what I heard. Amazing that it's only two.
I think they are parallel runways there 28-Left and 28-Right so I doubt that would be an issue either. A foot wouldn't make a bit of difference. It isn't that high tech. You fly until your wheels touch the ground. Some of my airline pilot buddies on FB seem to think the flight crew just tried to touch down too soon and got caught in the rip-wrap
:doh
Just when you think you've heard it all.....
Oh OK...I was thinking of a landing on a North/South runway versus an East/West runway.
They run arrivals out of the 28's and departures out of the 1's usually. From what I can google around, they were landing on the shorter 28L which would be more consistent with them trying to hit the leading edge sooner.
One of the stories I found interesting that reaffirms my current theory is:
"Kristina Stapchuck saw the dramatic scene unfold from her seat on a plane on the airport tarmac. Soon after Flight 214 touched down, "it looked like the tires slipped a little bit and it rocked back," she told CNN.
Parts of the plane began to break off as it rocked and then began to spin.
"It all happened so suddenly," Stapchuck told CNN.
Boeing 777 crash lands at San Francisco International Airport - CNN.com
Doesn't sound like the tail became involved until after whatever happened was already happening.
I don't know about that. The debris field sure looked like the tail hit right about the edge of the water and may have actually hit the water first. It looks to my untrained eye that the pilot simply landed short.
Tails don't just fall off. I hate to jump to conclusions about terrorism but.....
Could we assume that the pilot realizing he was too low tried to correct the altitude which would have caused the tail to become lower than the landing gear and to clip the rock wall?
Here comes the NTSB briefing......
Well that is my current theory you are taking exception to :lamo
I have never flown anything close to that big, but I suppose in theory they could also have touched down nose gear first and just slammed it into the ground. Novice pilots have been known to do that in small general aviation aircraft and it rips the nose gear right off the plane.
At least passengers were carrying their luggage off. That tells you a lot about the time they had to evacuate. Air Line industry has been doing wonders with safety - I hope it doesn't start lacking I gotta fly a couple of times this year.
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When they were showing video from a news helicopter you could see debris in the water and the elevators strewn across the pavement within what looked like less than 100 yards from the water. There was also an easily discernible "skid mark" that began where the debris started to thin out. The nose didn't look all that damaged so I have to assume that it hit tail first at or near the sea wall. As far as why it came in short I have no idea but it sure looks to me like the plane touched down before it got to the runway.
Landing at SF is always a visual treat for the passengers. They can't see forward and only able to look out the side windows. All you see is the water below as it gets closer and closer and closer. You keep thinking show me some land underneath me. Soon as you see land the wheels seem to hit down. I realize the wheels don't hit that close to the edge but it certainly feels that way to the passenger in the back of the plane.
Prior to landing the tail came off and plane landed upside down.
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Plane was from S. Korea.
:doh
Just when you think you've heard it all.....
Could we assume that the pilot realizing he was too low tried to correct the altitude which would have caused the tail to become lower than the landing gear and to clip the rock wall?
Here comes the NTSB briefing......
Asiana says pilot of crashed plane was in training
Pilot had barely ever flown this type of plane before.
He was flying too low and too slow.
Co-pilot never corrected for this error until seconds before impact.
I am NEVER flying on this airline. This airline should be BANNED from American airspace!!!!!
Asiana says pilot of crashed plane was in training
Pilot had barely ever flown this type of plane before.
He was flying too low and too slow.
Co-pilot never corrected for this error until seconds before impact.
I am NEVER flying on this airline. This airline should be BANNED from American airspace!!!!!
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