It hit the GROUND. The plane hit the seawall about 500' short of the runway. Also looks like it was about 30' right of centerline. Although I hate speculating, it looks like a classic case of low and slow. Pilots were late in recognizing situation resulting in gear and/or tail section striking seaway in a nose up attitude. This would cause an immediate slamming of the nose to the runway where it slid to a stop.
I'm sure we'll hear more soon. It really is tragic. Jon On Jul 7, 2013, at 9:20 AM, Scott Ritchey wrote: > > I watched the live helicopter video on FOX online for a bit shortly after > the crash. There was a debris field of small parts starting in the water > and all over the underrun. One main gear truck was lying on the runway very > close to the approach end. It looked like horizontal and vertical tail > surfaces there too along with a trail of small debris. Looks to me that > this thing started coming apart before it touched down. The tail appeared > to break off cleanly just aft of the aft pressure bulkhead. It really > looked to me like the tail hit something, but I can't imagine what. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Michael > Canfield > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 8:57 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cause of Frisco crash: Poor piloting plus no glide path? > > Sounds like someone is in a world of trouble. > > Mike > On Jul 7, 2013 8:41 AM, "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > >> snip....A San Francisco airport spokesman said a component of the > airport's >> instrument landing system that tracks an incoming aeroplane's glide path >> has >> been out of service in recent weeks and was not operational on Saturday. >> Pilots and air safety experts said the glide path technology was far from >> essential for a safe landing in good weather. But Chesley "Sully" >> Sullenberger, a retired pilot and safety consultant who gained fame for >> landing a plane safely in the Hudson river in 2009, said investigators >> would >> certainly be looking into the issue. >> "The pilots would have had to rely solely on visual cues to fly the proper >> glide path to the runway, and not have had available to them the > electronic >> information that they typically have even in good weather at most major >> airports," he told a local TV news channel....snip >> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/**world/2013/jul/07/san-** >> > francisco-plane-crash-asiana-**airlines<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013 > /jul/07/san-francisco-plane-crash-asiana-airlines> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://m > ail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
