More Wonderful Journalism

[flyboy2548m]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-pass ... 50510.html

The airplane extended it's landing gear...I sure hope so. Would have been more remarkable if it had managed to retract it.

[3WE]

Is indeed bad journalism. Is not Russian plane but crappy French ATR.

Superior Russian aircraft not have dual engine failure.

Mr. 3BS is correct, Mr. Snappy?

[3WE]

Ironingly, my August typists showed up.

Apparently, Martha Lunkin flew under a bridge, got photographed by a bridge inspection drone AND her transponder cut off…

Whammo- the FAA has pulled everything from her (maybe even her typewriter).

Sam flyboy-clone Weigel is going back to work. (Not 100% sure, but it sounds like he quit for 5 years to sail a boat.

If I see other noteworthy typing, I’ll add to this.

[elaw]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-pass ... 50510.html

The airplane extended it's landing gear...I sure hope so. Would have been more remarkable if it had managed to retract it.

Geez, it sure would have been nice if they'd mentioned whether or not said plane managed to land at an airport!

But I suppose journalists must have their priorities: freak everyone out first, chase down facts later.

But it's nice to see Russia is making technological progress - helicopters were dispatched to retrieve the pax and not a herd of donkeys.

[elaw]

Ironingly, my August typists showed up.

I had a double whammy over the weekend: that, and also Air & Space Smithsonian. But I haven't found time to read either as of yet.

[3WE]

Upon further thought, the aircraft indeed extended the landing gear…upon lift off.

[Mr. Snappy]

Is indeed bad journalism. Is not Russian plane but crappy French ATR.

Superior Russian aircraft not have dual engine failure.

Mr. 3BS is correct, Mr. Snappy?

Mr. 3WE is bring great glory ad.info and Mother Russia

[Mr. Snappy]

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[elaw]

Is that the combination to your luggage?

[3WE]

Is indeed bad journalism. Is not Russian plane but crappy French ATR.

Superior Russian aircraft not have dual engine failure.

Mr. 3BS is correct, Mr. Snappy?

Mr. 3WE is bring great glory ad.info and Mother Russia

Пожалуйста

[monchavo]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-pass ... 50510.html

The airplane extended it's landing gear...I sure hope so. Would have been more remarkable if it had managed to retract it.

its landing gear

[Verbal]

its landing gear

I bet u think your grate.

[Not_Karl]

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It would appear that our beloved proletariat bot, Comrade Snappy, is now getting interference from a numbers station. Who would be kind enough to use Google Translate to recommend him a tinfoil hat?

[3WE]

More wonderful journalism entry 09.08.2021

Of some credit- the typist stated that the NTSB will be looking at all factors and that preliminary and final reports will be issued in the future.

In the meantime, it appears we should ground Mooneys as their crappy (but crucial) tail parts can fall off in flight...

Quote = Yayhoo

VICTORIA, Minn. (AP) — Crucial pieces of a single-engine plane piloted by a Nebraska surgeon apparently fell off in flight before it crashed west of Minneapolis, killing him and two relatives, investigators say.

The Mooney M20M crashed and burned late Saturday afternoon near a home about a block away from the downtown area of Victoria, a community of about 7,300 people, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Minneapolis. The flames scorched the house but nobody on the ground was injured.

Relatives and employers identified those who died as Dr. James Edney, 72, of Omaha, Nebraska, who was piloting the plane, his stepson, Jacob Mertes, 42, and Jacob's wife, Dr. Sara Mertes, 37, both of Libby, Montana.

National Transportation Safety Board investigator Mike Folkerts told reporters Sunday that the plane, which had taken off from Alexandria in western Minnesota, was approaching Flying Cloud Airport in suburban Eden Prairie when it crashed.

“The pilot contacted the control tower, then made several heading changes and altitude deviations from a normal, stable flight path while on final,” Folkerts said. “The last transmission was about 10 miles from the airport.”

He said the contact with the control tower was routine, and no distress call was made.

But Folkerts said some parts from the plane's tail — pieces of the left elevator and left horizontal stabilizer — were found a couple blocks from the rest of the wreckage, indicating they fell off in flight.

“Without an elevator and a horizontal stabilizer, the aircraft is not flyable,” he said.

The sky was overcast with a 1,100-foot (335-meter) ceiling, and 9 miles (15 kilometers) visibility, he said.

Folkerts said the NTSB is looking into all factors that could have caused the crash, including the pilot, the aircraft and the environment. A preliminary investigative report is expected in about two weeks; a full report takes 12 to 18 months.