I don't intend to be suggesting anything because I'm not an investigator. Is it possible they are they measuring and photographing the smallish dents on whatever surface that ends up being?
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Originally Posted by FIRESYSOK
(Post 10398870)
The accident site seems to be near the RDFSH waypoint which would be flown to in the event of runway 27 transition, |
Originally Posted by lpvapproach
(Post 10399730)
I am looking at the linkk1 star. What is the "runway 27 transition" - there is no such literally named transition on the plate. I also heard this mentioned listening to the ATC, .
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Originally Posted by tdracer
(Post 10399716)
I wouldn't consider 100m x 200m large at all - in fact for an aircraft the size of a 767 that's on the small side. It would also rule out any in-flight breakup (unless of course they find bits at another location).
I also would consider an uncontained engine failure to be rather unlikely since they'd have been at a relatively low engine power setting - most engine breakups at takeoff power sets, or at high altitudes where the physical rotor speeds tend to high. I suppose a major bird strike might cause enough damage and a large enough imbalance that perhaps the engine could start coming apart, but again the probability would be low at relatively low rotor speeds. But, one of more big birds through the forward bulkhead that took out some flight controls (remember, the 767 is basically a cable controlled aircraft)? Even if it didn't incapacitate the crew they'd have precious little time to react... |
For those of you who are talking about diversion fuel and don't have a good idea of airports in Texas, just an FYI post. There are a LOT alternates (runway length ~8000ft or longer) as close or closer than DFW. Three in Houston (Bush, Hobby and Ellington Field (NASA/military)), four airports in the DFW area (DFW, Love Field, Alliance and the Naval Air station in Ft Worth), San Antonio, Austin, Waco, New Orleans (La), Tyler, Longview, Shreveport (La), Corpus Christi, Victoria, and Laredo plus a LOT of others with shorter runways they could use in an emergency like the two in Conroe, College Station airport (Easterwood), Army airbase at Killeen, Stinson Municipal in San Antonio, Austin Executive, Beaumont, Baton Rouge (La) and Lufkin. This is also not a complete list just ones off the top of my head.
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Originally Posted by tdracer
(Post 10399711)
Those pieces do not look to me like parts of the engine nacelle - the honeycomb is too thick. Best guess is a moveable aerodynamic surface (e.g. flaps or part of the tail)
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Originally Posted by JPJP
(Post 10399692)
Those photos are very interesting. The gentleman on the left is a GE Rep, but I don’t know if that indicates they we’re looking at a piece of engine or cowling. The damage to the material is quite idiosyncratic. Where’s an engineer when you finally need one ? David R ? :) can't think of any other item off-hand which is made from aluminium honeycomb and is that thick |
Not speculating on cause, more a question: would it be possible for a sudden negative-g load to break free a cargo pallet and force it upwards into elevator control cables (assuming that is where the cables are located on a 767)?
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This brings back memories from my earlier days in my aviation career, remembering the Dan-Air 707 crash on approach to Lusaka in 1977 where the starboard horizontal stabiliser detached on approach.
Lost some good friends and colleagues in that one, and in more recent times I am ex Atlas! Not suggesting there is any link here, just an unpleasant similarity. R.I.P. brothers. |
Originally Posted by Air Profit
(Post 10399797)
Not speculating on cause, more a question: would it be possible for a sudden negative-g load to break free a cargo pallet and force it upwards into elevator control cables (assuming that is where the cables are located on a 767)?
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Originally Posted by Agent1966
(Post 10399524)
I heard it....very faint.
2. Any perceived noises or sounds out of context don’t mean anything. Even if “pull” was said and picked up by any of the microphones it could be dozens of things. A comment about seat adjustment, seat belts, folding table tops, crew bags, door handles anything. ”Hey could you grab me the sunshade?” ”Go ahead just pull” Not trying to be facetious but if you’re trying to hear “Pull” then consider the Youtube videos of cats sounding like they say hello. |
NTSB Briefing - 24 Feb 2019
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The crew members have been identified in today's Houston Chronicle. According to the paper, one was a Mesa captain and new father who was jumpseating to Houston to begin his "dream job" with United Airlines this week.
Very tragic all around. |
Thanks Tim Vasquez, very good information.
Mike, 30,000 hrs B-737 |
Assuming it's factual doesn't, a steep dive into the ground with a tight debris pattern have to fit an aerodynamic principle of flight ?
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So Fly Dubai, Lion Air and now Atlas all share:
- Boeing airplane - Nosedive Lion Air is probably an outlier, but then again, what if all 3 have trim management in common? Because at least Lion and FlyDubai do. In Addition Fly Dubai and Atlas both share low visibility and approach/final, right? And somebody mentioned constant speed. It seems Atlas air was actually slowing down and FlyDubai was just slightly accelerating, both despite nose down, if FR data is to be trusted (can't post links, sorry). Seems like some kind of a pattern, doesn't it? |
Originally Posted by derjodel
(Post 10400094)
So Fly Dubai, Lion Air and now Atlas all share:
- Boeing airplane - Nosedive Lion Air is probably an outlier, but then again, what if all 3 have trim management in common? Because at least Lion and FlyDubai do. In Addition Fly Dubai and Atlas both share low visibility and approach/final, right? And somebody mentioned constant speed. It seems Atlas air was actually slowing down and FlyDubai was just slightly accelerating, both despite nose down, if FR data is to be trusted (can't post links, sorry). Seems like some kind of a pattern, doesn't it? |
Originally Posted by derjodel
(Post 10400094)
So Fly Dubai, Lion Air and now Atlas all share:
- Boeing airplane - Nosedive Lion Air is probably an outlier, but then again, what if all 3 have trim management in common? Because at least Lion and FlyDubai do. In Addition Fly Dubai and Atlas both share low visibility and approach/final, right? And somebody mentioned constant speed. It seems Atlas air was actually slowing down and FlyDubai was just slightly accelerating, both despite nose down, if FR data is to be trusted (can't post links, sorry). Seems like some kind of a pattern, doesn't it? |
It looks like the airplane followed a parabola, maintaining forward velocity while building up vertical velocity, as evidenced by the near constant GPS (=ground) speed in the FR24 data. As Sumwalt stated in the briefing, the aircraft flew wings level but in a steep nose down attitude. Lack of elevator effectiveness springs to mind. In the presumed absence of intent (i.e. suicide) it remains to be seen whether that's a runaway trim, complete loss of elevator control, or loss of elevator/tail surfaces. In level flight, the tail surface provides a net down force, lose some of that surface, and an up moment of the tail ensues resulting in a nose down moment on the pitch axis.
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I know, and indeed LionAir FDR data indicates acceleration. For the other two there's only ADS-B data available at the moment I believe? FlyDubai did accelerate in the last moments, but only from about 180-230 while it was in steep dive.
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