"Excuse me captain, can you fly?"
"Nope"
Posted on 05/16/2019 5:58:11 AM PDT by DFG
Horrifying new footage of the jet disaster that killed 41 in Moscow has emerged amid claims pilots made basic errors during the emergency because they were incapable of landing without the assistance of autopilot.
The Aeroflot plane can be seen bouncing down the runway before bursting into a deadly fireball at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on May 5.
The footage emerged as an expert claimed that the experienced captain Denis Evdokimov - hospitalised as a result of the crash - had never previously manually flown the Sukhoi Superjet 100 in so-called 'direct mode' before the crash.
A lightning strike soon after takeoff forced the pilots to make an emergency landing but this should not have led to the flames in which dozens were burned alive or killed by toxic fumes, say authoritative figures in Moscow.
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Full flaps and 40 knots is pretty slow/scary. Nobody makes final at that speed. If the wind dies for any reason you are stalling.
Agreeed. The only time an aviator should point his nose at the deck is in a bombing run or catching the 3rd wire.
"Excuse me captain, can you fly?"
"Nope"
He as discussing small GA piston planes, a Prowler is a large jet airplane.
Some say they are even flown a bit differently.
Flight characteristics are different but physics stays the same. Stall speed is something to avoid, even above the runway. Wings tend to do unconventional things at stall speed.
The pilot must have gone to a muslim flying school where they don’t teach you how to land.
It is rather misleading headline. From the preliminary investigation they had not only an autopilot failure but also most instruments disabled including airspeed and altimeter due to a lighting strike. The way pilots are trained these days that’s basically no chance for a smooth landing.
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