San Francisco plane crash

[Rick C.]

Over 300 people on a Boeing 777 from Korea.  Apparently landed just short of the runway.  There are some survivors...
Can't. Stop. Watching. CNN.

 

[hockeyfan1]

New animation video showing exactly how what happened happened and what should have been proper plane landing protocol...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/detailed-animation-depicts-san-francisco-airplane-crash-161114606.html...

 

[YYZ]

Released the names of the pilots earlier this week;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1JYHNX8pdo

 

[mc]

Released the names of the pilots earlier this week;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1JYHNX8pdo

For such a tragic incident, what dumb dumb would make such a racist joke? Apparently it was a summer intern. I laughed but jeez come on.

 

[mc]

New animation video showing exactly how what happened happened and what should have been proper plane landing protocol...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/detailed-animation-depicts-san-francisco-airplane-crash-161114606.html...

Plane was so low from the get go I am surprised NO ONE caught this before hand. I wonder if the tower has altitude readings? If so someone should have said something way before. Obviously pilot error but what was the co pilot doing?

 

[hockeyfan1]

New animation video showing exactly how what happened happened and what should have been proper plane landing protocol...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/detailed-animation-depicts-san-francisco-airplane-crash-161114606.html...

Plane was so low from the get go I am surprised NO ONE caught this before hand. I wonder if the tower has altitude readings? If so someone should have said something way before. Obviously pilot error but what was the co pilot doing?

Good question, mc.  The co-pilot was obviously not talking or warning or taking charge (which is what they're supposed to do as co-pilots in case the pilot misjudges or misses something or doesn't notice something not workIng properly -- mechanical, etc.).

Doubt if there was much communication between the two.  A lack of proper training, incommunication (between pilots), lack of proper direction/warnings, ete, from control tower (due to tower controller error -- possibly due to 'mental' fatigue, lack of thorough experience such as recent trainee, or just plain human error on all parties.

Many airline crashes over time have been attributable to human & pilot error, as well as the usual mechanical failure.

 

[Rick C.]

New animation video showing exactly how what happened happened and what should have been proper plane landing protocol...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/detailed-animation-depicts-san-francisco-airplane-crash-161114606.html...

Plane was so low from the get go I am surprised NO ONE caught this before hand. I wonder if the tower has altitude readings? If so someone should have said something way before. Obviously pilot error but what was the co pilot doing?

I'd love to spend an afternoon in an air traffic control tower, just to see what it's really like...

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

New animation video showing exactly how what happened happened and what should have been proper plane landing protocol...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/detailed-animation-depicts-san-francisco-airplane-crash-161114606.html...

Plane was so low from the get go I am surprised NO ONE caught this before hand. I wonder if the tower has altitude readings? If so someone should have said something way before. Obviously pilot error but what was the co pilot doing?

I'd love to spend an afternoon in an air traffic control tower, just to see what it's really like...

not me! I've watched enough of "Mayday" to swear me off anything like that. Can't imagine the stress levels of those folks. I hate flying, but I think I'd hate ATCing even more?...