How long does it take to fall from 35 000 feet for an airliner? Well, it all depends on how that airliner falls down. If it goes nose down immidiately, it could take around 50-60 seconds. From what investigators and Airbus has learned from flight 447 the plane sent out messages for four minutes before [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘crash’
June 2, 2009
Update on flight 447
They have yet to find the wreckage, and I guess today it is not doubt that the plane has gone down pretty rapid in the atlantic ocean. Second day after the tragic incident of flight 447 from Air France.
Due to the first lightning strike in the Airbus A330 the one that likely caused the electrical [...]
April 13, 2009
Fedex crash on Narita airport – some thoughts
I remember when I first learned about this accident. I was in Oslo for my Class One medical the next day, when me and a fellow student pilot were zapping through the various channels at Radisson Oslo Hotel. As we came across a japanese news channel the images of the Fedex (FX80) MD-11 bouncing down [...]
July 8, 2008
Kalitta bites the dust… again!
It is sad to watch the latest news about a Kalitta Air 747 that went down right after take-off in Bogota. Reports say that all crew survived the horrific accident, but two people on the ground died. It is said that the 747 crashed down on a farm near the airport after having reported an [...]
May 30, 2008
Another aircraft bites the dust
Officials have been struggling for years to replace aging Toncontin International Airport, whose short runway, primitive navigation equipment and neighboring hills make it one of the world’s more dangerous. How many accidents and people killed do they need for things to start happen? Check out the videos around the airport as well.
landing strips. And now it has happened again, three people are killed, among them the captain of the aircraft. The A320 from TAPA Airlines skidded off the runway of the Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras.
