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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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To: mikhailovich

Spokesman just said crosswinds were not present.

An acute loss of headwind and wind shear can result in the sudden loss of altitude and at the height the plane was, dropping to the pavement may have sheared off the landing gear. Wind shear result in sudden loss of altitude and on short final happens too low to be recoverable. Recall Delta 191 at DFW years ago.


61 posted on 02/18/2025 7:43:13 AM PST by DrHFrog
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To: mikhailovich

Spokesman just said crosswinds were not present.

Like I said, I am not expert. I’ll take a wait and see..


62 posted on 02/18/2025 7:47:58 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I’ll take a wait and see...)
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To: mikhailovich

you can see the wind blowing snow across the pavement as the camera pans...


76 posted on 02/18/2025 9:03:23 AM PST by basalt (he "legacy")
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