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EX500rider

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4. The left vid here seems to capture the bird strike in the right engine:

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Sun Dec 29, 2024, 10:04 AM

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Even if a bird strike somehow caused double engine failure, they should still be able to use the APU to lower the landing gear and adjust the flaps and slats, so total hydraulic failure too?

post from Airliners.net:
This is strange. A gear up, flaps up landing is not something that should occur. A bird strike shouldn’t be able to cause that to happen

Flaps can be lowered electrically if the lose hydraulics. It’s slow (takes 5 min) but can be done as long as there is electrical power.

Landing gear can be lowered manually by pulling the release cables that cause the gear to gravity drop. No electrical or hydraulic power is required. It takes seconds to do this.

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179 dead in South Korea's worst plane crash in years [View all] EX500rider Sunday OP

Maybe South Korea need to have Falconers to work the Airports Oneear Sunday #1

Video of the /landing/crash: EX500rider Sunday #2

Mayday went out 4 minutes before the crash. LudwigPastorius Sunday #13

Looks like flaps are down in the bird strike/compressor stall vid EX500rider Sunday #14

Yeah I suspect there may have been some tunnel vision over engine restart... EX500rider Sunday #15

DEAR GOD!..Didn't they have time to foam the runway?..I guess probably not. chouchou Sunday #3

This message was self-deleted by its author bamagal62 Sunday #10

In this case foaming the runway would have extended the slide, not helpful in this case IMO EX500rider Sunday #11

Tragic. bamagal62 Sunday #12

The left vid here seems to capture the bird strike in the right engine: EX500rider Sunday #4

Some speculation that the gear up was a oversight: EX500rider Sunday #5

The video of the crash is horrific. Jacson6 Sunday #6

Another view of the landing from the other side EX500rider Sunday #7

If it's Boeing . . . Richard D Sunday #8

737-800 has a generally strong safety record, largely due to mature technology. EX500rider Sunday #9

I'm thinking electrical problem jmowreader Sunday #16

That would require no engines, no APU and bad backup batteries? EX500rider Sunday #18

737 pilot gave a synopsis: EX500rider Sunday #17

It's pretty much a given more people would have survived had the berm not been there Major Nikon Sunday #19

While i agree... EX500rider Monday #20

The antennas almost certainly were mounted on frangible supports Major Nikon Monday #21

Yeah but they were already on approach.. EX500rider Monday #22

They were able to climb which means at least one of the engines was making power at least initially Major Nikon Tuesday #23

I understand them wanting to keep the hull clean to extend glide... EX500rider Tuesday #25

From the time of the mayday call to crash was only 2-3 mins Major Nikon Thursday #27

Well I'd say as soon as possible would have been before the go around.. EX500rider Thursday #28

Crazy year for air crashes RazorbackExpat Tuesday #24

Very sad Demovictory9 Tuesday #26