Originally Posted by
Globocnik
Carrying speed well in excess of Vref greatly enhances the chance of a nose wheel first or shallow touchdown and this looks a classic case of that. As someone said perhaps wait for the actual accident report.
Not sure to concur.
Why should people wait for the report in
this particular case, while they don't when the accident occurs in another continent with foreing pilots ?
We already do have some facts here : the wind, the state of the airplane.
What we are still to read about, is the usual rigmarole of "should haves", "forgot flying basics", "substandard training", etc.