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Best video yet of Delta airplane crashing in Canada and flipping

Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:06 pm
Posted by hikingfan
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:06 pm
Posted by FearTheFish
Member since Dec 2007
4069 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:09 pm to
It still baffles me how many passengers were carrying their luggage off the plane and casually walking away.

I would have been sprinting away.
Posted by ScubaTiger
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:09 pm to
I saw the fuselage roll after the wings broke off. There was no flip. Had there been, the fuselage would have broken.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:17 pm to
That’s 100% on the pilot. Have they been identified yet?
Posted by triggeredmillennial
Member since Aug 2023
182 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:20 pm to
ILS approach with Altimeter set incorrectly I bet. He happily flew into the ground on a precision approach
This post was edited on 2/18/25 at 10:48 pm
Posted by 9Fiddy
19th Hole
Member since Jan 2007
65466 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:23 pm to
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ILS approach with Almeter set incorrectly I bet. He happily flew into the ground on a precision approach

No flaps high speed landing. Most likely slowed too much and lost lift.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:44 pm to
quote:

ILS approach with Almeter set incorrectly I bet. He happily flew into the ground on a precision approach


quote:

No flaps high speed landing. Most likely slowed too much and lost lift.


This is why I’d like to know who the pilot is and what level of training/experience they have.
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
1862 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:46 pm to
Clear conditions. Flew it right into the ground.
Posted by Tigeralum2008
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Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:49 pm to
quote:

ILS approach with Almeter set incorrectly I bet. He happily flew into the ground on a precision approach No flaps high speed landing. Most likely slowed too much and lost lift.


You generally come in faster with less flaps than normal in High wind conditions.

I like the altimeter setting theory another poster posited. I also wonder with there were some visual illusions going on making the pilot think he was higher than they were
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:58 pm to
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No flaps high speed landing


nope, flaps and slats were out in the video I saw
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:59 pm to
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nope, flaps and slats were out in the video I saw


Why didnt they flare?
Posted by Beessnax
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:59 pm to
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82735 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:02 pm to
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Why didnt they flare?


good question, I’d like to know what runway they were landing on and what the surface winds were, might have been fighting that and got off the centerline and just kind of lost SA?
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:02 pm to
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Why didnt they flare?

There’s a good chance they got wind shear right at the moment they went to flare. Sink rate was too high, even deciding on go around at that point might have been too late.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:03 pm to
So ultimately pilot error
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82735 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:08 pm to
always

almost looks like either the right main gear collapsed or he dragged a wheel off the runway, which is not a good thing
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:10 pm to
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like the altimeter setting theory another poster posited. I also wonder with there were some visual illusions going on making the pilot think he was higher than they were


I could see snow and ice playing tricks like that
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
125424 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:12 pm to
quote:

almost looks like either the right main gear collapsed or he dragged a wheel off the runway, which is not a good thing


Bold to assume gender
This post was edited on 2/18/25 at 8:13 pm
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:14 pm to
quote:

good question, I’d like to know what runway they were landing on and what the surface winds were, might have been fighting that and got off the centerline and just kind of lost SA?


Someone posted a vid with all that info in the main thread. Last page or two.

This is it.


Looked more like a carrier landing than runway with the force it hit.
This post was edited on 2/18/25 at 8:17 pm
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
40418 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:25 pm to
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Have they been identified yet?
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