Peruvian B733 accident, runway excursion, all gear collapsed, aircraft caught fire
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Peruvian B733 accident, runway excursion, all gear collapsed, aircraft caught fire
Hull loss. The aircraft was evacuated, all occupants are alive.
Accident: Peruvian B733 at Jauja on Mar 28th 2017, runway excursion, all gear collapsed, aircraft caught fire
Accident: Peruvian B733 at Jauja on Mar 28th 2017, runway excursion, all gear collapsed, aircraft caught fire
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Really?!
I was impressed that the fire-fighters followed long established rules of fire survival...they did not skirt the fire track and head to plane...they extinguished it all along the track to the plane and in so doing drifted their spray all along the way and into the plane fire assuring it did not restart behind them and run in once again.
Well done all around. A frightening scenario handled by a bundle of cool folks.
Well done all around. A frightening scenario handled by a bundle of cool folks.
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If it was a hard landing, it must have been a really hard one. The gear on a 733 is built of girders. There must be more to this than we know. Congratulations to the crew and fire service for the fact everybody survived.
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In one of the videos, a young woman (supposedly a passenger & happy with herself to be a "journalist") tells the AC "took land right wing first, then BROKE and caught fire" -this translated directly from Spanish.
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That's the quickest Wikipedia entry ever.
What I don't understand is why few (if any) of the passengers have their hand luggage with them?
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Passengers leaving overwing exit carrying bags https://youtu.be/jF4Rr7nVgAU?t=3 despite fire and smoke obviously visible on starboard side.
Just a few seconds later, there is a small explosion on the starboard side which spooks the camera lady, and then when she pans back to a/c the fire is burning more fiercely, there are several passengers/crew near front exit, and passengers running from the rear exit. A close call.
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I am guessing that the "flames-run away vs its ok-retrieve luggage" equilibrium swung sufficiently far into the "run away" part of the equation.
Good job by all concerned though.
Good job by all concerned though.
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So far I've seen one report say the starboard wing struck the perimetre fence, one say that the wing touched down first when they landed, and now this:
I find it difficult to imagine the manoeuvre to stop a 737 with the wing, let alone the pilot who would attempt it...
The fire likely started when the wing scraped the runway, Interior Minister Carlos Basombrio said.
"The plane couldn't stop on the runway and they made a manoeuvre to stop it with the wing and that appears to have caused the fire," Basombrio told reporters on local broadcaster RPP.
"The plane couldn't stop on the runway and they made a manoeuvre to stop it with the wing and that appears to have caused the fire," Basombrio told reporters on local broadcaster RPP.
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In this video (bad sound) the pilot Dennis Khan says almost nothing except that all pax and crew were evacuated in a safe condition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sfjPOdJGL4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sfjPOdJGL4
Obviously very glad to see everyone walking this one out. To a certain extent it would qualify as a successful landing!
That being said 24h after the event there doesn't seem to be even the beginning of a narrative as of what happened...
That being said 24h after the event there doesn't seem to be even the beginning of a narrative as of what happened...