Posted on 03/22/2009 4:41:41 PM PDT by Moonman62
Apparently this just happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6cMK9LUnzI
To ALL (except orangehoof and dfwgator, whose comments are reprehensible).
What’s wrong with this weather observation? Gee, d’ya think they might have changed their mind obout the winds, after the fact?
RJAA 230000Z 32021G31KT 9999 FEW030 14/M03 Q1003 NOSIG =
RJAA 222330Z 32019G34KT 9999 FEW030 13/M03 Q1003 WS R34R
NOSIG =
RJAA 222300Z 30018G29KT 9999 FEW030 13/M04 Q1002 WS R34R
NOSIG =
SPECI
RJAA 222238Z 30019G32KT 9999 FEW030 12/M03 Q1002 WS R34R RMK
1CU030 A2959 =
RJAA 222230Z 30018KT 9999 FEW030 12/M03 Q1001 WS R34R TEMPO
31020G30KT =
RJAA 222200Z 31026G40KT 9999 FEW020 12/M02 Q1001 NOSIG =
RJAA 222130Z 32026G40KT 9999 FEW020 12/M02 Q0999 WS R34L
NOSIG =
TAF RJAA 222038Z 2221/2324 31014KT 9999 FEW030
TEMPO 2221/2306 31020G30KT
BECMG 2309/2312 01008KT =
May God bless the two deceased pilots.
I think that’s smoke from where the gear touched down the first time.
I don’t think so. There is definitely something like a small chute trailing before the first impact.
Freight may have shifted as the porpoise was quite pronounced in what looks like pretty good landing conditions. Appears as if the pilot tried to nose down before the stall on the second bounce, collaspsing the port landing gear. Terrible way to go. Prayers out to the pilots and their families.
Yes, I saw that too.
gridlock, good summation
It's the sun shining on the winglet on the right side. The video isn't the best quality.
Here’s a link to a video stream from BBC. There’s a button to press with your mouse to view it in full screen mode.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7958367.stm
A possible explanation...I’ll look at the angles again
Watch it when the plane starts to roll over to the left. It's the winglet on the end of the right wing. Because of the angle it appears to be behind the plane until the left wing goes down.
Yep, you're right.
Thanks, PC.
Two of my coworkers are dead and you decide to be the comedian. F U.
Yes, I see now what we’re talking about. I had not looked at it that carefully first time through.
I don’t know why they scrimp on those video systems. The difference in cost between one that produces barely acceptable video and one that does a really good job isn’t that much when you consider the lifetime of the system. There are going to be times when a good, high quality video of an event would be worth its weight in gold.
Even though it’s not the best quality video, it sure does hurt to watch it. I love aviation, have for as long as I can remember. It pains me to see something like this. My prayers and heart go out to the family and friends of the crew. If there’s any silver lining, at least in my my view of flying, at least they went doing something they probably loved. Sure beats being in an ALF for years and then on life support for a week or two.
It appears to be higher resolution than the video from the Japanese network.
Yes I see it now. Thanks.
You are right. Thanks.
I think what looks like a trailing drouge chute is actually the right winglet.
BINGO..... He 's nose heavy.. He cant keep her in the flair for landing .. look for a out of balance condition.. either before take off or during flight...
Puckertime.
Wow 20-40 kts of gust that’s a lot.
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