Looks like a wind shear effect, accident, just like Delta 191 in Dallas.
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Originally posted by TheKiecker View PostTwitter is incredible !!!
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RT @Eunner: I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I'm ok. Surreal...[pic] — https://path.com/p/1lwrZb
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Originally posted by AVION1 View PostApparently it was a tail strike, during landing.
Originally posted by Deadstick View PostWeather was clear, wind was 5-10 mph. This looks more like someone got caught way behind the airplane while not using auto throttles.
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Originally posted by Deadstick View PostWeather was clear, wind was 5-10 mph. This looks more like someone got caught way behind the airplane while not using auto throttles.
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Originally posted by TheKiecker View PostOk so I guess we wait for Gabriel...
It seem to be crashed with a pitch attitude that was nose-high enough to impact tail first.
The overall damage (landing gear, engines) also suggest a very high sink rate.
Nose quite high + high sink rate = high AoA.
I choose "stall" (with a confidence of 4%)
It also contacted the ground well short of the threshold.
In principle, it looks to me more similar to Turkish 737 out of Amsterdam than to BA 777 out of Heathrow: A stall short of the runway with a high sink-rate crash. I am talking of the mechanics of the crash (the BA plane didn't stall, which kept the nose lower and the sink rate more moderate). In both cases the lack of power was a crucial link in the chain of events (TK because a malfunctioning RadAlt prevented the AT from keeping the pilots didn't notice the speed decay and in the BA case because of fuel starvation due to ice build-up in the fuel lines).
So my next guess is that they had some thrust problem (be it technical or human) and either they noted it and fought desperately to get to the runway with the last bit of lift (like BA) OR they didn't notice it and the stall took them by surprise (like TK)
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CNN BREAKING NEWS: Sixty people are unaccounted for following the plane crash at San Francisco International Airport, fire chief says.
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Originally posted by orangehuggythe most dangerous part of a flight is not the take off or landing anymore, its when a flight crew member goes to the toilet
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