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To: Telepathic Intruder

Was the pilot a DEI hire? He slammed the runway like he wanted to dig a hole in it.

My take on the accident is it was a gust of wind when he was just feet from the runway that lifted the left wing allowing the right wing to hit the ground breaking off which then allowed the wind to turn the plane upside down.

In other words an accident beyond the pilots control

But I am neither a pilot or an expert so I will wait for someone that knows more then either of us to explain what happened.


20 posted on 02/18/2025 6:32:05 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I’ll take a wait and see...)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

Yeah, too early to point fingers I guess.


24 posted on 02/18/2025 6:34:27 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: CIB-173RDABN

On windy conditions the pilots have to increase the speed a little bit for landing it seems. If that’s incorrect please state differently. Looks like upon landing the front wheels came down much too quickly after the rear’s creating imbalanced instability control with too much speed. Amazingly with all that smoke the survival rate.


32 posted on 02/18/2025 6:49:57 AM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

If you look closely, I think the landing gear collapsed on impact with the runway, digging a wing into the runway causing the plane to rollover and break off the other wing.

Was it pilot error because they were DEI, that is entirely possible.

DEI doesn’t just infect pilots; it infects the maintenance people as well.

Passenger planes would be flown by A-plus pilots with thousands of hours of flight time, if the people who maintain the planes are incompetent, a mechanical failure can happen and the pilot can do anything about it, regardless of the ability.


35 posted on 02/18/2025 6:53:05 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: CIB-173RDABN

Spokesman just said crosswinds were not present.


49 posted on 02/18/2025 7:22:14 AM PST by mikhailovich
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