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air asia crash.
- Thread starter space cowboy
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RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
That's bad. Looks initially like they lost their port engine but that shouldn't cause a crash unless the crew didn't have the training to deal with it like US trained cockpit crews do.
Why do the news reports state that the aircraft hit a bridge then crashed.When the video clearly shows that the aircraft was crashing long before it hit the bridge.Either way a tragedy .
If you look at the videos both props are turning at the time of impact on the bridge. You can easily see that the aircraft is flying very slow so at the moment of impact either the left wing stalled causing the turn to the left or the pilot tried to divert to the left to line up better with the river. The ATR-72 will fly easily one engine out, it will even climb at a reasonable rate. Something had to cause loss of power in both engines for this accident to happen as it did.
An aircraft crashes when it hits the ground not before hence the statement that it hit a bridge WHEN it crashed.It then ended up in the river.
If I was that cab driver I would buy a lottery ticket BTW. Talk about lucky.
And you have demonstrated that many times. Screw the "politically correct" jargon. I hate that term. I prefer to use the term "decent" myself.