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by tds
Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:21 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: FAO Per
Replies: 4
Views: 2140

Re: FAO Per

They were offered access to an aircraft, Per - who wouldn't abandon a ship???
by tds
Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:36 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Oooops YouTube of the month...
Replies: 16
Views: 5312

Re: Oooops YouTube of the month...

It's difficult to say definitively from the video, but unless the clouds suddenly closed in from behind too, it looks like he could have turned around or circled. You could see those clouds coming for a while (as Gabriel noted). Easier (and legal-er) to look up frequencies and file a flight plan / r...
by tds
Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:44 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Oooops YouTube of the month...
Replies: 16
Views: 5312

Re: Oooops YouTube of the month...

Not sure this dude made bad decisions...yeah, ideally you use pitot heat ahead of time.
Ideally you have an IFR clearance ahead of entering IMC, too...
by tds
Fri Mar 19, 2021 3:48 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Bonanza Crash 1,231,352
Replies: 18
Views: 6199

Re: Bonanza Crash 1,231,352

I assume they departed one of the 10 runways. Power loss on takeoff there is unlikely to work out great even if impeccably handled. https://www.google.com/maps/place/North+Perry+Airport/@26.0021615,-80.2574978,7223m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88d9ab9b3529a797:0x50d2b626a454bae3!8m2!3d26.0021615!4d-80...
by tds
Thu Mar 18, 2021 5:28 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Bonanza Crash 1,231,352
Replies: 18
Views: 6199

Re: Bonanza Crash 1,231,352

The location is literally the outside of the airport fence so they weren't doing exercises - it's a problem / failure on departure and attempted turnback.

I'm kinda inured to GA pilots (who accept the risks) getting hurt but fatalities on the ground, especially kids... ...ugh.
by tds
Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:21 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: United B777-200 uncontained engine failure? over Denver
Replies: 33
Views: 12232

Re: United B777-200 uncontained engine failure? over Denver

Ah, thanks J - hadn't read that. So this was indeed a contained failure.
by tds
Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:14 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: United B777-200 uncontained engine failure? over Denver
Replies: 33
Views: 12232

Re: United B777-200 uncontained engine failure? over Denver

Does anyone already know what struck the wing root underneath the wing? When I saw those pictures I assumed that this was uncontained in the technical sense.
by tds
Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:05 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: United B777-200 uncontained engine failure? over Denver
Replies: 33
Views: 12232

Re: United B777-200 uncontained engine failure? over Denver

Probably not a coincidence (failure more likely to occur under takeoff / climb power), but from a pucker factor perspective I'd be awfully glad that didn't happen way out over the Pacific.
by tds
Mon Feb 01, 2021 12:24 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Ju-Air Junkers Ju-52 crash in Switzerland
Replies: 21
Views: 10340

Re: Ju-Air Junkers Ju-52 crash in Switzerland

It's in the public domain now, Gabriel! ;)
by tds
Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:12 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Ju-Air Junkers Ju-52 crash in Switzerland
Replies: 21
Views: 10340

Re: Ju-Air Junkers Ju-52 crash in Switzerland

Not that this crash might be the result of some negligence. Certainly was! The report is damning of both the operator and the crew, and makes clear that the crew was trained well enough to know better. Yeah, STSB's review of operations found that the crews apparently disregarding procedure were pri...
by tds
Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:46 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Indonesian 737 down?
Replies: 75
Views: 22862

Re: Indonesian 737 down?

You don't even have to stall for asymmetric thrust (re "autothrottle on one engine") to cause an upset if corrective inputs aren't applied.
by tds
Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:43 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Indonesian 737 down?
Replies: 75
Views: 22862

Re: Indonesian 737 down?

Gabriel - I think you're assuming the two facts (that the FDR data has been downloaded and that inspections have been ordered) are related. Besides appearing in the same paragraph in an Avherald story is there any reason to think that? Ordering extra inspections / determining compliance on previous ...
by tds
Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:47 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Indonesian 737 down?
Replies: 75
Views: 22862

Re: Indonesian 737 down?

Not much choice besides air to get around in the Indonesian archipelago, but I can't say I'd relish the prospect.
by tds
Sun Apr 21, 2019 10:06 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: No one died
Replies: 9
Views: 7438

Re: No one died

Cheers @monchavo!
by tds
Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:50 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: No one died
Replies: 9
Views: 7438

Re: No one died

Part of me wants to say, "he was doing everything right" by not pushing the approach below minimums...conversely, if you are out of gas, maybe that's time to bust minimums. Yeah, I think if your options are follow the ILS below mins to a large piece of unobstructed concrete with emergency...
by tds
Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:28 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: No one died
Replies: 9
Views: 7438

No one died

Which is extremely lucky.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/nyre ... tream.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATlDcZLetZE

Guy is apparently a COM pilot 737 type rated.

Aeronautical decision-making, instrument flight planning, proficient vs legal... ...discuss.
by tds
Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:44 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Congratulations Monchavo!
Replies: 24
Views: 11668

Congratulations Monchavo!

http://airdisaster.info/10/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6035

You're being modest; her attraction to hirsute creatures evidently extends further than Ursus maritimus. :)
by tds
Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:42 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Counting to 10...
Replies: 6
Views: 5197

Re: Counting to 10...

I have recently exchanged some PMs with Ed.
I'm so sorry.
by tds
Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:02 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Indiana Jones and the Safety Statistics of Hobby Flying
Replies: 32
Views: 20356

Re: Indiana Jones and the Safety Statistics of Hobby Flying

Once is bad luck. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a pattern.
P.S. Are DL now at the 'coincidence' stage for failing to put fully-functional MD-88s on LGA RWY13? :D

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