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wtf is happening to all the planes all of a sudden? crazy year for aviation
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Barrel roll!
Too soon?
Watch me flip!
This has not been a good year for aviation and we're barely two months in
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The FAA says all 80 people on board Flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, were evacuated.
Literally my go-to direction for when I need to use "evacuate".
I hate to link them, but video of the outside of the plane - https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1irthzm/all_survived_video_from_passenger_on_board/
Everyone walked away. How the hell do you land a plane upside down?
Not quite walked away. Nobody died on the scene, but two adults and a child were critically injured. Here's hoping they recover from their injuries.
As to the cause, I can only speculate until the flight data is available, but I suspect it had something to do with the wind conditions. They were recording gust speeds up to 37 mph which is pretty high and at the very least could cause an uncomfortable landing. If they got a higher gust or the wind direction suddenly shifted, it could cause the plane to experience uneven lift. One wing goes high and the other dips. If this happens just as the plane is touching down it's nearly impossible for the pilot to correct.
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Out of those injuries, one child and two adults are critically injured. The rest of the injuries are minor to moderate
If they're using the AIS appropriately, somehow three people skipped serious and severe injuries and went straight to a 30%+ chance of dying. I cannot imagine a scenario of how this is possible in a confined tube where everything is secured away and the other 96% of people walk on out of there with a minor fractures at best.
All I've thought is a large passenger somehow came unfastened and crushed people, causing skeletal damage, organ ruptures, collapsed lungs, etc. and now the stastical odds is at least one of those critical patients ain't gonna make it.
An iPad or laptop to the skull will fuck you up. Pretty much every flight I've been on recently, people pull out their devices again once the flight attendants are gone. I really wish flights would crack down on this and just start banning the assholes who can't go like 8 full minutes without a screen.
Also airplane seatbelts are kind of a joke for kids. It would not surprise me if a kid came loose and became a deadly projectile.
Flying laptops are a great point. I'll remember to cover my head in my arms the next time I'm landing.
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Must have been one hell of a wind shear to cause the plane to flip before touch down.
Actually, when a plane feels safe and trusts its pilots it will show you its belly in a display of vulnerability to communicate its feelings.
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How the hell do you land a plane upside down?
Professional Microsoft Simulator skillz!
Ah yes, random 2 foot ledge in the runway
They clearly just used slew mode
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