Boeing 767 pilot avoids crash

[House]

Whichever way you cut it, that was way too close for comfort. Planes should never be that close to each other with that speed difference.

Regarding the Tenerife crash, that was caused by heavy fog. If the above was taking place in either the same conditions as the Tenerife crash or at night, it would have ended in a massively fatal incident, no doubt.

True.

If I was in that passenger plane I would probably have pissed and/or s*** myself. It would have been a ****ty flight...

 

[Bona Botse]

I'm a paranoid flyer so I literally would have shat myself if I were on the landing plane.

 

[Sinbad]

I'm a paranoid flyer so I literally would have shat myself if I were on the landing plane.

You wouldn't have even seen it if you were on the landing plane - and I reckon that other plane would have crossed the runway before the landing plane hit it.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Too close for comfort.

Good call the pilots did to decide to apply full takeoff thrust and circle around than taking the chance of landing (and a possible accident)...

Timing it seems that the chance of an accident was slight, but better be safe than sorry.

 

[Bona Botse]

You wouldn't have even seen it if you were on the landing plane - and I reckon that other plane would have crossed the runway before the landing plane hit it.

I would have noticed that we were going to land but suddenly engines go full throttle and picked up speed again... Followed shortly by shat pants.

 

[getafix33]

You wouldn't have even seen it if you were on the landing plane - and I reckon that other plane would have crossed the runway before the landing plane hit it.

You don't think that the wings of the landing plane would have collided with the tail of the crossing plane?

 

[Sinbad]

You don't think that the wings of the landing plane would have collided with the tail of the crossing plane?

Like I posted before, hard to say with the lack of depth of field... Pilots made the right call though.

 

[Alan]

Strange irony the deadliest accident in aviation history happened without a plane actually having been airborne

 

[Solarion]

Strange irony the deadliest accident in aviation history happened without a plane actually having been airborne

RIP Boeing 747-400. We will remember you.

 

[Paul Hjul]

Agreed, but I don't see the point of calling it a "near miss" or saying the plane was a few feet off the ground.

It was FAR from standard practice, it was massively dangerous but there is no need to over exaggerate what actually happened.

"Near miss" isn't a problem - because it carries a context basis - but "a few feet" is journalistic licence that moves the idea of a "near miss" to into an exaggeration

 

[House]

Also look at how fast he taxied afterwards - after landing. I think he was on his way to go and bliksem the ATC...

 

[HavocXphere]

The airport's administrators say that the two airplanes were exactly where they were supposed to be

lol

I wouldn't say the plane was a "few feet" off the ground, he was a good 20m off the ground, and it wasn't really a near miss in the slightest.

Its closer than it looks though in that the airline pilots commit to a landing...the engines are pretty much idling at that stage. You can hear the pilot going from idle to full power at 0:32-0:33.

So yeah not centimeter closer, but by aviation standards thats flippin close.

 

[ponder]

I would have noticed that we were going to land but suddenly engines go full throttle and picked up speed again... Followed shortly by shat pants.

Years ago I was on a plane that aborted takeoff at the last seconds due to power loss and we taxied back to the apron. They kept us in the plane for over an hour while a service crew came out, popped open the cowlings and fiddled with the engine. I watched this from my window seat. Eventually we taxied back to the runway with the captain saying "Let's try this one more time, they said they fixed it"

I can just picture your face in such a situation

 

[midnightcaller]

I once boarded an air Tanzania flight in dar es salaam heading home to Jhb.
I opened the newspaper and the article on the front page read something like :
"Aging air Tanzania fleet too old for maintenance"

That day I prayed to all the gods I knew off. And I never flew air Tanzania ever again.

 

[F1 Fan]

lol


Its closer than it looks though in that the airline pilots commit to a landing...the engines are pretty much idling at that stage. You can hear the pilot going from idle to full power at 0:32-0:33.

So yeah not centimeter closer, but by aviation standards thats flippin close.

Agreed... my question though that no one seems to be asking is...who took the video?

 

[Hamster]

Agreed... my question though that no one seems to be asking is...who took the video?

Enthusiasts? The quality and camera clicking noises confirms that to me. Bottom right hand corner says aero barcelona.

 

[Ockie]

Years ago I was on a plane that aborted takeoff at the last seconds due to power loss and we taxied back to the apron. They kept us in the plane for over an hour while a service crew came out, popped open the cowlings and fiddled with the engine. I watched this from my window seat. Eventually we taxied back to the runway with the captain saying "Let's try this one more time, they said they fixed it"

I can just picture your face in such a situation

I dont consider myself a nervous flyer, I rather enjoy it, specially the take off and landing (even a bit of turbulence to shake things up and prevent the flight from getting too boring), but if this had to happen to a plane I am on I might run for the emergency door and demand to be let off the plane.

 

[Kosmik]

Too close for comfort.

Good call the pilots did to decide to apply full takeoff thrust and circle around than taking the chance of landing (and a possible accident)...

Timing it seems that the chance of an accident was slight, but better be safe than sorry.

I agree, with what must be close to 1000 lives on the line, why risk it?

 

[House]

Agreed... my question though that no one seems to be asking is...who took the video?

This video has been played on UK news channels the whole afternoon yesterday. They confirmed that an investigation is about to be launched into the incident.

I know that most airports have fixed cameras recording take offs and landings every day. Then, you also get people (enthusiasts) sitting at designated areas also photographing or recording videos of take offs and landings. This could be from any of those. In addition, at some bigger airports you will also find permanent unmanned fixtures of news cameras. I saw some in the US and Europe before.

 

[garyc]

According to some recent reports there was a one kilometer separation between the aircraft at the time the B767 pilot pulled up. Even after touching down he would have needed more than a kilometer to stop.

Here is a typical FAA landing runway length requirement chart for the Boeing. Under normal conditions there is no way he could have made it. It would need a proper analysis of where he would have touched down to see if he would have been able to do a full emergency stop in time (the type with burst tires and all burning brake discs).