Syria A320 mid air collision
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Syria A320 mid air collision
Wow...what a hell of a Giant airmanship crew and piloting skills !!
Would love to see a video!
Would love to see a video!
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It must be absolutely dangerous in Damascus airspace with all that is going on right now. Great job by the crew. A nice story in an awful war.
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I find it hard to sympathise with a helicopter crew who are killing their own citizens. Some would call it justice.
However to land an A320 with such damage gives great credit to the crew and aircraft.
However to land an A320 with such damage gives great credit to the crew and aircraft.
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I find it hard to sympathise with a helicopter crew who are killing their own citizens.
Maybe the pilots were "rebels" ?
(who are also killing their own citizens)This is some defections in the Syrian army ......
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I guess he tried to avoid getting shot down by rebel AA... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ8GpWoCO7c.
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why superb?
DOVES wrote:
Stilton wrote:
Can you please enlighten me why it is great and/or superb to collide at FL120 in severe CAVOK conditions with a slow moving helicopter?
And special flying skills are not really necessary to bring home an aircraft with half the vertical stabilizer as long as both engines are running.
I guess the pilots were quite amazed by the extension of the damage after they had landed!
BTW - I doubt the fin has been clipped by the rotor blades. The Mil Mi 17 is quite massive, so it would have collided with the Airbusī wing before sending its rotor blades into the fin. I guess the vertical stabilizer was rather colliding with the fuselage of the chopper.
I am going to put them on my file "Superb Airmanship"!
Great job by the crew.
And special flying skills are not really necessary to bring home an aircraft with half the vertical stabilizer as long as both engines are running.
I guess the pilots were quite amazed by the extension of the damage after they had landed!
BTW - I doubt the fin has been clipped by the rotor blades. The Mil Mi 17 is quite massive, so it would have collided with the Airbusī wing before sending its rotor blades into the fin. I guess the vertical stabilizer was rather colliding with the fuselage of the chopper.
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Can you please enlighten me why it is great and/or superb to collide at FL120 in severe CAVOK conditions with a slow moving helicopter?
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I guess you can say the same about large flocks of birds FA10. They are big and slow moving and they don't show on TCAS either. But no-one has ever crashed into them right?
Do you spend your entire flight with your eyes outside constantly scanning for aircraft? Or is there times, like on decent where your eyes are inside the cockpit briefing and planning for landing?
Oh and of course the rudder is only there for when one engine isn't running... I take it you have lost half your rudder and vertical stab before?
Do you spend your entire flight with your eyes outside constantly scanning for aircraft? Or is there times, like on decent where your eyes are inside the cockpit briefing and planning for landing?
Oh and of course the rudder is only there for when one engine isn't running... I take it you have lost half your rudder and vertical stab before?
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you are absolutely right, there is always a chance to miss something outside. However what strikes me in that discussion is hailing the crew as heroes and comparing them with Sully - when they actually did not have a lot of positive input!
I have tried blocked rudder a couple of times in the sim, half fin is not being offered by the manufacturer...
A fin that is gone completely on an Airbus is not good - ask AA.
Partial supply is obviously enough to fly.
I have tried blocked rudder a couple of times in the sim, half fin is not being offered by the manufacturer...
A fin that is gone completely on an Airbus is not good - ask AA.
Partial supply is obviously enough to fly.
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Apparently the MI-17 was climbing fast to avoid AA fire, if the TCAS wasn't working or the helicopter didn't have a transponder (probable seeing as it is a military aircraft but I don't know anything about that).
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Why superb
@lomapseo
- And dutch & roll without yaw damper and half a rudder?
- And probable hydraulic pressure loss + fluid depletion?
- And landing with some x-wind?
- And compensating for reduced tail weight and down moment?
- And what about stability on vertical axis?
Just some food for thoughts
@FA10
Who told you who collided with whom?
@waffler
I completely agree.
"THOU WON'T KILL YOUR BROTHER"
Well I think that you can file this incident with our data base of how much rudder is needed without asymetrical thrust.
- And probable hydraulic pressure loss + fluid depletion?
- And landing with some x-wind?
- And compensating for reduced tail weight and down moment?
- And what about stability on vertical axis?
Just some food for thoughts
@FA10
Can you please enlighten me why it is great and/or superb to collide at FL120 in severe CAVOK conditions with a slow moving helicopter?
@waffler
I find it hard to sympathise with a helicopter crew who are killing their own citizens. Some would call it justice.
"THOU WON'T KILL YOUR BROTHER"
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I don't see how we can say" great flying" or not... for all we know the crew were almost unaware, or they had a 2.5 HYD sys fail in Mech Backup mode, and recovered after 3 Barrel Rolls
Why don't we wait and see, and then give praise if due
Why don't we wait and see, and then give praise if due
