After seeing 30-something views with no response I was starting to wonder if this would be a yawn for guys who fly alot.
It almost looks like that bolt of lightning kills the approach lighting at 1:16.
It is a yawner. He's fine and clearly has it the whole time.After seeing 30-something views with no response I was starting to wonder if this would be a yawn for guys who fly alot.
It almost looks like that bolt of lightning kills the approach lighting at 1:16.
Very possibly, an example of any lessons learned from Delta 191 being for naught.
I've had very similar experiences, but under completely different circumstances and priorities. Maybe that's the case here? I can't say, as I don't know their mission and associated priority.
Anyone know what aircraft this is? Dude's spoolin' it like a Navy pilot.
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You can see the registration very briefly, it's Mexican. XA-MNE (or KE, or HE??)
It is a yawner. He's fine and clearly has it the whole time.
Not being familiar with the aircraft in the video, I can't comment on this with any authority, but in my aircraft, that roll-out scenario is like one minor PIO away from being a baja race through the grass, ending in an ejection (hopefully in time) and a big fireball. It wasn't the approach that made my hair stand up, it was everything after he touched down.
Why do you say that? After touchdown they slow down fine with tons of runway left. It's raining hard, but that's nothing to be worried about, especially on the ground. The wind seems to be mostly down the runway.Not being familiar with the aircraft in the video, I can't comment on this with any authority, but in my aircraft, that roll-out scenario is like one minor PIO away from being a baja race through the grass, ending in an ejection (hopefully in time) and a big fireball. It wasn't the approach that made my hair stand up, it was everything after he touched down.
I'm not referring to anything I saw in the video in that respect, just picturing myself in that scenario in my jet. That kind of stuff has killed plenty of dudes, through very little or no fault of their own.......I know a guy who is lucky to be alive after landing in similar weather, with a very different outcome. In my community, you aren't out of the woods until you have slowed to taxi speed.....really on any flight due to a few issues, but particularly in weather like this. But beyond that, I can think of few reasons to press weather like that when there is likely decent weather nearby (pretty localized looking cell). Probably some of my impression is simply my personal frame of reference based on the type of aircraft I fly, but overall, I still question their decision making here. Storms like that move pretty quickly, and then they are gone. Like Mike said, I have no idea what their considerations were in this case, but as a generality, this was dumb IMHO.