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Nepal plane crash – Doomed passengers’ final moments seen in Facebook live video from cabin as fireball crash kills 68
BBC Gossip ^ | 01/15/2023

Posted on 01/15/2023 3:39:20 PM PST by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 01/15/2023 3:39:20 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Is the dude filming the same guy who brought down the plane?


2 posted on 01/15/2023 3:42:38 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: BenLurkin

Stalled that plane. Wing drop and inverting from the stall. Insufficient altitude to recover.


3 posted on 01/15/2023 3:44:22 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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where they in the part of the flight where you are suppose to turn off electronics?


4 posted on 01/15/2023 3:47:01 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Supposedly not:

Indian Passenger Shot Last Moments Of Nepal Plane Before It Crashed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f5WWUx2n8Y


5 posted on 01/15/2023 3:47:37 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: blackdog

Flipped all the way over supposedly.


6 posted on 01/15/2023 3:48:32 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: RummyChick

Do you know why they want you to turn them off?


7 posted on 01/15/2023 3:49:20 PM PST by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: BenLurkin

The pilot was landing at the new airport in Nepal that just opened on Jan 1. He was coming from the southeast and was originally cleared to land on Rwy 30 which would have been a straight in approach. He requested a change to Rwy 12 which require him to fly a different approach in the opposite direction.

The plane appeared to be configured correctly for landing and the engines looked like they were operating although the final investigation will determine this from the flight data recorder. What is clear from an aeronautical analysis is that the plane stalled close to the ground and entered a left spin that was not recoverable. Either they got too low and slow on an instrument approach or became disoriented and tried to raise the nose when they shouldn’t have.

The weather was good and they were not in the area of high terrain that was a problem with the old airport which was closer to the mountains.


8 posted on 01/15/2023 3:54:43 PM PST by Dave Wright (i)
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To: calljack

no...i just assumed it caused interferance


9 posted on 01/15/2023 3:55:14 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: BenLurkin

That’s exactly how a twin engine prop plane stalls at low speed and high power input. Airspeed below minimum controllable speed.


10 posted on 01/15/2023 3:55:29 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: calljack

Because they don’t want passenger electronic devices interfering with cockpit avionics...you know, the gear that makes sure the plane is flying the right altitude, speed, direction and insures the jet isn’t gonna run into a mountain......or the ocean?

That’s why.


11 posted on 01/15/2023 3:59:10 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

given that the plane was approaching to land could the guy facetiming have caused an electronic problem


12 posted on 01/15/2023 4:01:44 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder if the pilot died from climate change?


13 posted on 01/15/2023 4:04:16 PM PST by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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They are not the least bit worried about properly functioning modern devices interfering with the avionics. They have all the safeguards they need against them. They are worried about malfunctioning devices because they cannot protect against devices with malfunctions they cannot predict. It’s the unknown unknowns that are the problem. Just thought you all would like to know.


14 posted on 01/15/2023 4:04:20 PM PST by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: BenLurkin

Make note to self. Don’t fly on Yeti Airlines.


15 posted on 01/15/2023 4:07:09 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: shadowlands1960

Possibly, but from Covid for sure.


16 posted on 01/15/2023 4:07:30 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: RummyChick

Yeah, looks like they’re not joking about putting phones in Airplane Mode.


17 posted on 01/15/2023 4:10:59 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: crusty old prospector

Yeti airlines are cooler


18 posted on 01/15/2023 4:11:09 PM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: BenLurkin

Stall on final approach. When the left wing drops from stall instinct is to apply right aileron and pull up on the stick yoke, but this only increases the stall. He was slow in the turn and when the the left wing began to drop in a left roll in a left turn the pilot needed to apply right rudder and push the stick forward to stop the left wing stall and level the plane while adding power. Failed to catch the stall fast enough.


19 posted on 01/15/2023 4:15:00 PM PST by Mat_Helm
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To: Palio di Siena

ICWYDT


20 posted on 01/15/2023 4:17:09 PM PST by null and void (LibWhacker ~ "Thank goodness for bureaucrats." (taken grossly out of context by nully...))
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