Yeti Airlines crash ATR 72
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Wardogg
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SeanD
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Oops. Didnt see that.
SeanD
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It's weird, I saw that FB live video show up on my Tik Tok feed before the news even reported it here. I thought it was a fake vid when I did a Google search and nothing had shown up. Now I'm getting a bunch in my feed of the passengers doing selfie videos before boarding the plane.
Apophis
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The ATR has a spotty accident history. But you can’t discount where most of these accidents occur. Most of these things are flying outside of the US, many of them in third world countries.
I’ve got a lot of experience in these aircraft. My company has been operating them for several decades now without an accident. And these are the OG ATR-72-202/212s and ATR-42 300/320s. They have maintenance issues on a daily basis. I’ve got experience flying them from Miami to the complete opposite (Bismarck in the winter).
The common denominator is the flight crew. I don’t care if it’s not politically correct, but you can’t discount the quality (or lack thereof) in training and experience in some of these places.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
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Training may be an issue here, but experience definitely isn’t. The copilot had 6k hours and the captain had 21k.
SeanD
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There was a grainy video of the plane on approach from a different angle than the one from the ground making the Tik Tok rounds yesterday. It appeared like it was taken from someone's balcony as the plane was on final and it looked like the right engine was on fire before it banked and went down. You hear the guy in the video freaking out then his wife in the background screen when it crashed. If I find it, I will post it.
SeanD
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Found it. Not sure its from this crash though.
#nepalcrash #fyp#viral#nepal#planecrash#nepalcrash#nepalplanecrash | TikTok
#nepalcrash #fyp#viral#nepal#planecrash#nepalcrash#nepalplanecrash | TikTok
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Apophis
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I hate when people say they aren’t going to speculate on an accident, then proceed to do so. So I’m not going to do that here.
I’m just pointing out that there is a reason so many ATR accidents have occurred in developing countries.
Murdoughnut
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That's a different crash video. They're speaking Russian and it's not an ATR. I recall seeing this video some years ago.
NovemberEcho
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That’s not an ATR and they’re speaking Russian. That was the IL-112 test flight crash.
Murdoughnut
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Cabin video was confirmed authentic - the guy filming it was identified as an Indian liquor store owner traveling to a temple with three buddies.
Skåning
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That’s the prototype Ilyushin 112 crash from 2021
Prototype Il-112V crashes after apparent in-flight engine fire
United Aircraft's prototype flight-test Ilyushin Il-112V military transport has crashed during a training flight near Moscow, apparently after suffering an in-flight engine fire. Video images circulating on social media appear to show the aircraft at low altitude with its starboard engine on...
www.flightglobal.com
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SeanD
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Curious as to why the Copilot was hired in 2010 at Yeti and is still a FO? A growing company like that, it sounds doubtful it’s by choice? One would assume that would be a senior CA at that seniority?
Reuter says she was flying with a “training Captain” (whatever that implies, Upgrade? Recurrent like check situation? Previous failure followup)? Maybe just a route requirement? As in a company requirement?
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zmiller4
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I don’t know the answer to any of this, but I think you’re exactly the guy to go figure it out.
Pilot Fighter
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Maybe things are different in Nepal.
Apophis
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He’s furiously searching DailyMail as we speak.
zmiller4
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Desperately trying to get google results for ”Yeti Airlines internal pilot forums”.
Cherokee_Cruiser
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I’m sure it’ll all come out in due time.
Unless Nepal is like Ethiopia where they write off the entire crash on the manufacturer, completely ignoring incorrect crew actions, and refuse to add foreign investigation parties (like the NTSB and BEA) comments to the final report. Then we’ll have to wait and see the comments published separately by the NTSB and BEA.
Unless Nepal is like Ethiopia where they write off the entire crash on the manufacturer, completely ignoring incorrect crew actions, and refuse to add foreign investigation parties (like the NTSB and BEA) comments to the final report. Then we’ll have to wait and see the comments published separately by the NTSB and BEA.
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