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(VIDEO) AAL 757 Jackson Hole Landing Video
Shot by a passenger out the window. Shows the touchdown & roll-out. (www.youtube.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Captaindl are you sure that a good landing is when everyone walks away from, are you gaddamn sure?. Well check this Reuter news report about an American Airlines 737-800 (yes, the same airline of the Wyoming incident) landing long in the Kingston, Jamaica Airport a little over a year ago destroying the aircraft good -it only cost US$ 60 million- but thank God all 150 people WALKED AWAY from. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BM0J320091223. They telling those 150 people that it was a good landing and see if you can live to tell us about their reaction.
I wonder why video has such strange proportions?
There was something else but was cut off
There was something else but was cut off
chalet - first, this was a 757 in this latest incident, not a 737. Second, it is clear the thrust reversers were not functioning properly. This is not a pilot error item and I can tell you that I have had this happen on a couple occasions over 14,000 hours of flying corporate jets. It happens, and thus the saying that captaindl repeats, any landing where everyone walks away is a good one remains true. And while we all prefer the shiny side up, it is always a possibility it will not be.
Thrust reversers should not be factored into this. If they don't deploy, so be it,the airplane should still be able to stop within the factored distance. Of course prudence may dictate going somewhere else even if the numbers work out but conditions dictate otherwise. It's not the smooth landings that make a good pilot, it's the good decision making.
Is JAC really an appropriate airport to handle a 757, especially during the winter? Though IMO this is a mixture of mechanical/pilot error.
A good landing is one everyone walks away from.
An excellent landing is one where everyone walks away AND the aircraft can be used again immediately.