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Forum: Rumours & News
20th May 2013, 10:58
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

I don't care if the 738 was fitted with rain...

I don't care if the 738 was fitted with rain repellant or not the facts seem to be the CAPTAIN couldn't see the runway through his windshield. ( why we don't know, rain? Cloud? Dirty window? Glasses...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th May 2013, 04:41
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

Rain repellant or no rain...

Rain repellant or no rain repellant...........irrelevant really.

PF ( whether the Captain or not ) NOT having the required visual reference at the minima OR losing it after the minima REQUIRES an...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th May 2013, 08:28
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

Agreed, the FO may have been a poor stick and...

Agreed, the FO may have been a poor stick and rudder Pilot after the minima but the Captain wasn't incapacitated, so what was HE doing as PM?????? Obviously not much... :D

It doesn't matter who is...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th May 2013, 07:44
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

Mountainbear:-- I can't think of any other reason...

Mountainbear:-- I can't think of any other reason why they would fly into the sea!!!:confused:

In the absence of Windshear/Miroburst ( no evidence of such phenomena ) a competant crew wouldn't...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th May 2013, 05:14
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

You do realize that the FDR records all data...

You do realize that the FDR records all data don't you?
IAS TAS HDG TRK GS W/V SAT TAT IRS position.......plus hundreds of other systems......
If there was a Windshear or Microburst THEY WILL KNOW....
Forum: Rumours & News
16th May 2013, 04:15
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

1/ They either had the required visual reference...

1/ They either had the required visual reference ( in this case Runway threshold in sight ) at or about the minima then lost visual,
or 2/ they never saw the runway at all

Either way it Doesn't...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th May 2013, 06:48
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

1/ this is a preliminary report 2/ what in the...

1/ this is a preliminary report
2/ what in the report is wrong?

They mention the Captain called Go Around 1 second before "landing" on the water whilst at 20' RA……. a bit late…..:eek:

Forget...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th May 2013, 06:41
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

They never had the Runway visual and the LNAV was...

They never had the Runway visual and the LNAV was probably faithfully following the inbound VOR radial. The inbound course is 091 whilst the Runway is 087. It's not aligned.
Forum: Rumours & News
15th May 2013, 03:12
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

So, minimums call at 550'. Continued down without...

So, minimums call at 550'. Continued down without seeing the runway, 150' the Captain takes over as the FO says again he can't see the runway.
Aircraft gets down to 20' before the Captain calls Go...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd May 2013, 12:40
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

Yes that's the info I was given. Plus other DJ...

Yes that's the info I was given.
Plus other DJ flights en route diverted to Port Headland and then later continued to DPS after the airfield opened.
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd May 2013, 13:54
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

I had lunch with a DJ mate after the crash. He...

I had lunch with a DJ mate after the crash. He said a DJ 737 was behind the Lion and landed after the crash. So the crew involved should be able to shed light on any weather they saw at the time?
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Apr 2013, 22:53
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

Flight attendant opened the rear door flooding...

Flight attendant opened the rear door flooding the Aircraft and that caused the break!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Hardly, more likely the rear fuse impacting with the water at 140 odd knots did that!!:ok:...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Apr 2013, 14:22
Replies: 974
Views: 539,177
Posted By nitpicker330

Surely all will be revealed when the FDR CVR QAR...

Surely all will be revealed when the FDR CVR QAR data is read? It's a new machine so would have hundreds of data channels recording everything including the temperature of the Captains farts.......
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