#Breaking: #QZ8501 may have attempted Tanjung 6k runway, crash reported E of Island. 100nm is rough glide distance.
#Breaking: #QZ8501 may have attempted Tanjung 6k runway, crash reported E of Island. 100nm is rough glide distance.
That might make sense, maybe the weather was just overwhelming, but the fierce winds made the landing impossible.
Why would the pilot have wanted to land? Unless there was something wrong with the aircraft and he was going down? Heard reports that he wanted to increase altitude to avoid clouds
Airline Reporter.com has a panel showing them at 158 knots at 750 feet. That does not sound good.
BTW, do you recall the Airbus New York tail loss after 9/11?
There was also another Airbus going from Canada to the Caribbean IIRC that also lost a vertical stabilizer but managed to land safely by some great piloting.