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Old 15th Feb 2024, 06:19
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EDLB
 
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From the video it looks that the PF planned to make it over the wall of the interstate, but found in the last seconds, that he could not make it and had to correct the glide path. Unfortunately he crashed with still some lateral energy into the wall. A forced landing from base leg without power and without enough energy to make it over densely populated ares is every pilots nightmare.
There are most times no good options. Here they had about 60 seconds. You run your memory items and at the same time look for some spot which promises survival.

In the safe armchair it is easy to claim why they did not do this and that.
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