Wheels up landing?

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August 5th, 2016 at 12:27:36 PM permalink
kenarman
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All the ladies. I don't think they have pockets.
Purse with you under the seat in front, lady or man.
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August 5th, 2016 at 1:00:17 PM permalink
Nareed
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Quote: kenarman
Purse with you under the seat in front, lady or man.


I think we had this discussion already, last year then the BA 777 caught fire in an aborted takeoff in Vegas.

And here it is: http://diversitytomorrow.com/thread/1433/0/
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August 6th, 2016 at 12:16:16 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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No GPWS alarm so we can tentatively assume gear was down or in operation at the time.

Plane wound up at end of runway which makes sliding less likely than rolling so it may have bounced once and then an attempted GA but it could not have hit the runway gear up and slid all the way to the other end.

Looks like gear collapse is more likely.

Seems RR engines do take a long time to spool up but there may have been a Fast Fingered Freddie incident wherein a pilot tried to hit TOGA but either missed or only half hit the switch thus throttle levers did not fully advance and plane's trim setting would cause a nose down, not up, attitude to result so plane would land hard on nose gear as pilots were expecting massive thrust and a pitch up attitude.
August 8th, 2016 at 7:35:46 AM permalink
Nareed
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This story certainly died quickly in the media. Even the aviation blogs sent it to the back burner by the weekend.
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August 8th, 2016 at 8:34:19 AM permalink
Fleastiff
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I think that is because they know that no information will surface until some Sheik approves it.
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