Should have NEVER let a DEI land in those conditions.
I bet the female was landing the plane. Just a hunch.
That crash analysis shows it to be typical of a low time pilot. They don’t know how to cross-control the aircraft necessary for a strong cross-wind landing.
I heard nearly everyone got out and I waited for the pilots to be interviewed, they could have told immediately what happened———whoops, somethings not adding up right.
She flew the aircraft while he made the calls to ATC and took care of other duties.
All rumors so far. India Times, God Like Productions and misc youtube people. Until it comes from Delta, Endeavour, NTSB or TSB(Canada), it means nothing.
Notice they won’t say who had the controls for the landing.
In the last radio transmission to the tower before landing captain Henman was talking. That is usually done by the pilot monitoring. Which by default makes F/O Swanson the pilot flying. Now the case can be made that Henman wasn’t doing a great job of monitoring. But it was first officer Swanson flying the bird.
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Regarding how low fast and flat that plane was coming in; where the hell were his eyes? (To say nothing of the seat of his pants.)
or in other words, earned her wings flying in extreme weather conditions. My bet is the altimeter and computer system it was connected to was f-d up or f-d with.
Well, for handling the unexpected rough landings, the airliner manufacturers need to offer optional ‘lift-kit’ suspensions so there is ample landing gear travel for those Navy style, no-flare landings.
You would notice one coming in for landing, because it’s extended gear would resemble the WW2 German plane called the ‘Stork’.
Just my 2 cents.
If the plane was coming in at such a fast descent rate, wouldn’t the glide slope lights have been white over white? Rather than red over white at the proper slope?
It’s Canada’s fault.
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