Twotter crash landing with video @ Nepal
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Twotter crash landing with video @ Nepal
Seems no one was injured, thankfully...
www facebook com / RunwayNewsline/posts/367827650291309
An hell of a Landing,,,
www facebook com / RunwayNewsline/posts/367827650291309
An hell of a Landing,,,
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They did it on Porpoise?
Classic Porpoising. Low time crew or fast asleep on the job? Who was monitoring that landing speed etc etc?
Remind me never to go backpackin'.
Thankfully no injuries but the FP and PM will have a LOT of explaining to do.
Remind me never to go backpackin'.
Thankfully no injuries but the FP and PM will have a LOT of explaining to do.
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Never seen a Twin Otter porpoise before in my experiences on it. It is so easy to land. But I suppose it can just like an old Cessna. Usually a bit of backpressure works, perhaps add a bit of power if necessary to cushion the subsequent touchdown or go around if it gets bad.....if you can go-around at an airport like that.
If you look at that cabin video carefully, you can see (after about the 4th and heaviest bounce!) the FO firewall the throttle finally making the correct decision to takeover from the useless guy in the left hand seat and try to recover it but it was too late. I think they are all pretty lucky to walk away from this one with no noticeable injuries apart from maybe the old lady the cameraman helps (once he's got his pulitzer winning shot).
Whilst this looks pretty cut and dry pilot error as the aircraft seemed to be handling fine until the flare, it was a horrible video to watch. I was repeatedly shouting GO-AROUND from behind my screen for the duration of the roll/bounce-out!
What a waste of a lovely aircraft.
Whilst this looks pretty cut and dry pilot error as the aircraft seemed to be handling fine until the flare, it was a horrible video to watch. I was repeatedly shouting GO-AROUND from behind my screen for the duration of the roll/bounce-out!
What a waste of a lovely aircraft.
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Had to stop on the runway and have a bus come pick up the pax.
