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re: Do you know anyone that is still afraid of flying commercial at this late date?
Posted on 4/21/21 at 12:36 am to The Boat
Posted on 4/21/21 at 12:36 am to The Boat
quote:That's the one that always gets me. When they describe what happened "well, it was wind shear on the tail fin", it makes me think like "well why doesn't that happen ALL THE DAMNED TIME?".
November 2001 with AA 587.
quote:That shite was scary. It was such a straight-line freefall that it crashed into a neighborhood and only HIT ONE HOUSE.
3407 in Buffalo in 2009
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 1:16 am to Big Scrub TX
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That shite was scary. It was such a straight-line freefall that it crashed into a neighborhood and only HIT ONE HOUSE.
I remember this one. Didn't they neglect to de-ice the plane which ultimately led to the freefall?
Posted on 4/21/21 at 7:08 am to Big Scrub TX
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That's the one that always gets me. When they describe what happened "well, it was wind shear on the tail fin", it makes me think like "well why doesn't that happen ALL THE DAMNED TIME?".
We learned a lot from that crash and now know better how to spot wind shear risk conditions and how to react to them.
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