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Makani Kai Air (N687MA) Dec 11, 13 water landing off Molokai, HI
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Originally posted by James Bond View Posthttp://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=20131211-0
Video of the actual ditching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QguEf...&feature=share
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Originally posted by AA 1818 View PostThe alarm that sounds prior to impact - what was it?
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It does sound like a stall warning horn, although some aircraft have similar sounding horns for other things. My bet would be stall warning given they would have been trying to touch down at a slow speed.
Great evacuation by all. Shows what remaining calm can do.
And yes, gotta shake your head at "Spiralling into the ocean" as we watch it calmly touch down lol
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Originally posted by MCM View PostIt does sound like a stall warning horn, although some aircraft have similar sounding horns for other things.
That was my first thought, until I realized that it was stupid.
My bet would be stall warning given they would have been trying to touch down at a slow speed.
I would think that the best option would be to approach somehow faster than usual, level-off a few feet above the crest of the waves, and then bleed speed until about stall. But if you reach near-stall speed too high you won't have energy to flare and reduce the sink rate to almost zero for touchdown.
Interestingly, a similar thing happened to Sully; He leveled off too high, lost speed, pulled up and the envelope protection of the Airbus intervened to prevent a stall. And the touchdown was with a higher-than-prescribed sink rate.
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