[skeptoid]

snip. .."The Large Cargo Freighter was on an approved flight path -- it was where it was supposed to be when it was supposed to be there," a Boeing spokesman said.
Allen Kenitzer, a spokesman for the FAA's regional office, said air traffic controllers issued a required wake turbulence warning as the Boeing jet approached the airport. The pilots of the Cessna acknowledged the wake advisory and said they had the 747 in sight, Kenitzer said. ....."

So .... everybody knew where everybody else was ..... this was a very valuable 'learning experience'. with a totally happy ending.

[IncPen]

ping

[Abathar]

"this was a very valuable 'learning experience'. with a totally happy ending."

Yep, except for whoever had to wash the poor student's underwear when he got home that is...

[Yo-Yo]

Ping

[alloysteel]

Sometimes Visual Flight Rating is just not high enough standard in certain air space corridors.

People once thought prop wash was a disturbing phenomenon.

[I see my hands]

Recently I was in a 737 about 20 minutes from landing when the plane rolled about 30 degrees to the left in half a second. The plane quickly (3 secs) corrected and then 10 seconds after that rolled to the right. Same deal. Yelps, screams and calls to deity filled the cabin.

I've taken literally hundreds of flights and have never experienced that. I guessed wake turbulence but what do I know? No announcement was made.

Upon landing I asked the captain and he confirmed it was wake turbulence. I asked him who put the aircraft too close together and he told me the planes were spaced appropriately.

Can any of you aviation buffs tell me if the captain was being honest regarding the proximity of the planes?

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Wake turbulence.Why was he so close?Used to be a spacing of 5 miles behind an aircraft this size with a small plane involved.

[FreedomProtector]

A couple of years ago, I shared an office with a guy who owned a Beechcraft Bonanza. We used to go flying at lunchtime at the nearby major airport (~10 min from were we worked). Once we followed an Airbus in for landing [control tower dictates order etc] We were no where near the wake turbluence, but I can see how this could happen....

[Yo-Yo]

Boeing told investigators that the Large Cargo Freighter, which will have a maximum takeoff weight of about 800,000 pounds, weighed about 633,700 pounds at the time it passed the Cessna on final approach to the airport. It is expected to be certified with a maximum gross landing weight of 575,000 pounds.

So why was the LCF 58,700 pounds overweight on approach? Part of the certification tests?