Plane Spotters / Flight Radar Thread

[steve45]

Damn... That video is crazy! I saw the flight path trace and assumed malfunction or something but no... That thing impacted like a meteorite! Must have been terrifying for the passengers and crew, I mean there has to be some solace in that there was no chance they even had a chance of feeling that impact

 

[Kol]

What the heck happened?!

 

[andy_mk3]

What the heck happened?!

It appears they lost control due to icing. Excessive speed ripped off some control surfaces, which removed any possible chance of recovery.

 

[Kol]

Ooooof that’s terrible. I have seen the aftermath and a snapshot, RIP to all, awful.

 

[Vita]

The ATC recording.

 

[Dis86]

Jesus. That went down like a bloody missile. Those poor sods.

 

[Minusorange]

That was crazy, especially for the white car turning in the video who was just narrowly missed

 

[andy_mk3]

That was crazy, especially for the white car turning in the video who was just narrowly missed

It's a dark reminder of the fact that you never know when your number is up.

The ATC recording.

It's one of the worst things I've ever heard

 

[Grim5]

Jesus. That went down like a bloody missile. Those poor sods.

Yeah giant crater, came in so fast on the dashcam it looks like a Russian ballistic missile in Ukraine

edit for reference, the plane appears to have been travelling at 500mph nose first straight down

 

[TellyTel]

The ATC recording.

I read some of the transcript, that was bad enough, not listening to the audio, people who have have, have instantly regretted it.