I’ve been trying to give them the benefit of the doubt that MAYBE wind shear pushed them down, but it’s getting more difficult to justify.
If you see the video, that plane is stable all the way to the ground.
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https://x.com/Timcast/status/1891850130199826659?mx=2
Right. I saw an F-18 Navy pilot and Commercial Airline pilot on FNC say from the data he had seen was that they were landing with a 1100 foot per minute rate of descent. He said the normal rate of descent to land on a carrier is about 800 feet per minute rate of descent. Sounds like they were a little “hot”.