Lion Air make these blokes look like hard landing amateurs!
Accident: Lion B739 at Surabaya on Feb 1st 2014, hard landing
On Mar 24th 2014 Indonesia's KNKT released their preliminary report stating, that the aircraft was on approach to Surabaya's runway 28. At 1000 feet AGL the crew disconnected the autopilot, tower reported the winds from 270 degrees at 16 knots. The aircraft touched down on runway 28 but experienced four bounces with the last fifth touch down resulting in 3.86G vertical acceleration. Two passengers received serious, three minor injuries. The passengers disembarked normally, the injured were taken to a hospital.
Thread here:
http://www.pprune.org/south-asia-far...il-strike.html
Low hour sub-continental FOs are turning Lion Air into an accident looking for a place to happen. Best comment on the thread so far: Metro man - 4Gs isn't a hard landing, it's an accident. Still, their air fares are cheap. Apparently this is the key metric for passenger satisfaction these days.