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Fedex has released a statement that unfortunately both crew members have been killed in the accident.K-9 wrote:Any news about the crew ?
Hard to say really.Derice wrote:Anything the pilots could have done to prevent the crash?
Looks to me they didn't have any opportunity for correcting actions on their part.
Looks to me like:
Normal touchdown, then the wind forced the plane back in the air, windshear pushed the left wing down (right wing up) with this unfortunate ending...
Indeed, since it's in landing phase of flight, and most weight is in the tail (this is one of the characteristics of the MD11).flying_kiwi wrote: The aircraft ending on its back seems to happen quite often in MD-11 accidents (FedEx Newark, China Airline/Mandarin Hong Kong).
only thing to a possible resque, full power and try to get out of there, but most likely that takes to long to get full power on the engines and speed to depart. Seems the plane was a playing ball of the wind.Anything the pilots could have done to prevent the crash?
Looks to me they didn't have any opportunity for correcting actions on their part.
Looks to me like:
Normal touchdown, then the wind forced the plane back in the air, windshear pushed the left wing down (right wing up) with this unfortunate ending...
Not sure what the limit is, but based on the METAR, gusts of 40 knots coming from 30 degrees off runway heading will give a crosswind component of about 20 knots. I can't imagine that the limit for the MD-11 is lower than that.patrick@tediek.com wrote:Does anybody now the max xwind factor of the md11?
Max Rolling T/O Land Xwind 31 Ktsskycruiser wrote:flying_kiwi wrote:
Eric
Very hard to say what caused this. If this wás (horizontal) windshear the wind could have come from any direction. So the 310 degrees doesn't mean anything in that case.31026G40KT
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