Plane Spotters / Flight Radar Thread

andy_mk3 said:
I'm by no means an aviation expert, but I would imagine you ought to be pretty committed to land by that point. Reversers engaging is usually the point of no return on a go-around.

Both pilots will definitely having a meeting before their next flight, either way.
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I thought the same but you can see them opening on the video.
 
Watching the elevators would seem to suggest that the unstable touchdown led to the nose beginning to drop quite rapidly, and the pilot tried to arrest that but went a bit too far. At some point one of them just called the go-around a may not have realised the reversers had started deploying - rather than start a disagreement on the runway they’ve just cleaned up and gone around.
 
Penfold101 said:
Watching the elevators would seem to suggest that the unstable touchdown led to the nose beginning to drop quite rapidly, and the pilot tried to arrest that but went a bit too far. At some point one of them just called the go-around a may not have realised the reversers had started deploying - rather than start a disagreement on the runway they’ve just cleaned up and gone around.
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I would say that is a likely series of events. Probably took them a bit by surprise with the conditions being so calm and a stable approach until the last moment.
 

Helicopter crash in California yesterday. Looks like tail rotor failure and ultimate detachment. 2 on board survived and 3 on the ground were also injured.
 
FBi7 said:

Helicopter crash in California yesterday. Looks like tail rotor failure and ultimate detachment. 2 on board survived and 3 on the ground were also injured.
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I see that yesterday and couldn't believe how lucky they were to crash where they did, both for the crew and those on the ground.
 
That is why I am in no hurry to ride in a helicopter. Absolutely crazy that accident wasn't worse - if I'd just seen a short clip of it I'd assume AI generated in the first instance.
 
AF1 along with other C-32A's have landed at Mildenhall, presume to refuel, kinda surprised it can't make Egypt to Washington DC, maybe they didn't trust the fuel in Egypt.....
 
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Firestar_3x said:
AF1 along with other C-32A's have landed at Mildenhall, presume to refuel, kinda surprised it can't make Egypt to Washington DC, maybe they didn't trust the fuel in Egypt.....
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Also a Boeing 747-E4B (as well as other stuff) on the move which I'm assume is related - saw it flying in when the rest was before. They did the inbound trip without stopping IIRC.
 
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