One would imagine Boeing are taking a keen interest in this incident
He thankfully managed to do this and tbh he deserves a bloody medal for it!
Yes the engines do have to power higher for landing... if you are able to see the rear of the engines on your next flight you will see a lot of interesting things happening to them on landing. The thrust is there to keep the plane moving forward as the "landing" is in effect a controled crash!... the wings are deformed though the use of flaps and other moving parts to heavily reduce the lift produced.
The wing is effectively near stalling ( the point at which the lift produced in no longer able to support the weight of the aircraft ). Under normal flight conditions if this happens the plane would usually nosedive amongst other things. However during landing the extra thrust of the engines provides more forward force to stop this happening.
A small light aircraft can glide into land with little or no engine power but the larger the plane the harder it gets as you must be able to keep enough lift to prevent a nosedive and crash.
When the plane actually lands the engines will power even higher and a very complicated arrangements of ducts and flaps on the back of the engine channel a large proportion of the thrust in a (near ) forward direction which in effect slows the plane down ( usually very quickly ). Often you hear of planes overshooting the runway on landing, this usually is because this thrust reversing did not happen for whatever reason.
As this plane came into land the pilot would have slowed the plane down and used the flaps and such to try and reduce the lift over the wings as he approached the runway. He would have asked the engines for more power as he began to rotate the nose upwards in preparation for touchdown. This apparently didnt happen so he had to quickly use what momentum he had to get the plane into a resonable angle and direction to make the best level and non nose first landing he could. He thankfully managed to do this and tbh he deserves a bloody medal for it!
, a lot of that isnt correct.- The wing is no more near stalling as you come into land as it is in normal flight. That'd be bloody dangerous, as a gust of wind would stall the aircraft and when you're close to the ground = crash.
- As you rotate you wont have any power on at all, and even put the thrust levers to idle before you rotate to land.
Yes the engines do have to power higher for landing... if you are able to see the rear of the engines on your next flight you will see a lot of interesting things happening to them on landing. The thrust is there to keep the plane moving forward as the "landing" is in effect a controled crash!... the wings are deformed though the use of flaps and other moving parts to heavily reduce the lift produced.
The wing is effectively near stalling ( the point at which the lift produced in no longer able to support the weight of the aircraft ). Under normal flight conditions if this happens the plane would usually nosedive amongst other things. However during landing the extra thrust of the engines provides more forward force to stop this happening.
A small light aircraft can glide into land with little or no engine power but the larger the plane the harder it gets as you must be able to keep enough lift to prevent a nosedive and crash.
When the plane actually lands the engines will power even higher and a very complicated arrangements of ducts and flaps on the back of the engine channel a large proportion of the thrust in a (near ) forward direction which in effect slows the plane down ( usually very quickly ). Often you hear of planes overshooting the runway on landing, this usually is because this thrust reversing did not happen for whatever reason.
As this plane came into land the pilot would have slowed the plane down and used the flaps and such to try and reduce the lift over the wings as he approached the runway. He would have asked the engines for more power as he began to rotate the nose upwards in preparation for touchdown. This apparently didnt happen so he had to quickly use what momentum he had to get the plane into a resonable angle and direction to make the best level and non nose first landing he could. He thankfully managed to do this and tbh he deserves a bloody medal for it!
