A Boeing 737 crashed early this morning in Europe, while on final approach to an airport. While there are more questions than answers, let’s go over what we know as of now.
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It was reported just 3 weeks ago that there were plots from Russia to get an explosive onboard a DHL aircraft departing Leipzig... I certainly hope that this isn't one of those.
That’s very sad news. RIP to those on board.
Ben, just a small typo, instead of “never contacted the tower”, you wrote “never contacted the power”.
Looks like they blew through the ILS due to the late misunderstanding of the clearance on the ILS - Z. Pure speculation, but they may have become task saturated trying to stabilize their approach on the localizer that they failed to notice they busted through the glide slope.
WSJ originally reported the threat I think:
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-plot-us-planes-incendiary-devices-de3b8c0a
I'm obviously not an air crash investigator, but I'm getting Turkish 1951 vibes.
Ben,
FLAero posted a video on LinkedIn that was a lot closer to the actual crash site. It's overlooking a hill, called Vilniuje Nukrito. Looks like they were traveling faster than they should on decent, then they clipped something and went over on themselves. Might be worth looking at.
Most likely it's the Russians, the source of most of the troubles in the world. This is how Putin sends a "message" and their fingerprints are all over this.
The expectation of relative safety when flying, that we have all depended on for generations, is now over.
Make Aviation Great Again.
The Russian government has already made numerous threats to sabotage cargo aircraft.
Recently a Russian ballet dancer
, Vladimir Shklyarov, who spoke out against Put(a)in fell off a balcony.
@ben in the third paragraph (not counting the lede) you say "The pilots never contacted the power..." I think you meant "tower."
Not going to speculate on cause, but as a commercial pilot and flight instructor the pitch forward toward the end is definitely not something a pilot would do. If the plane is on the ILS , it would be on autopilot , possibly through the landing (depends on a variety of factors ), but at least until at or almost to "decision height," which could be a variety of altitudes above the ground depending on pilot and aircraft certification. too many variables. Black box time,
Even newer, sophisticated single-engine piston planes record a massive amount of data, so there will be quite a bit here.
Honestly, adding that to the post is a bit cringeworthy. It seems it's the in-vogue thing to do nowadays - blame Russia for everything.
I highly doubt it's the Russians. It just seems like the popular thing to do is blame Russia for everything. Just like Nordstream...everyone initially blamed Russia, and it's now become obvious that the Russians had nothing to do with it.
I highly doubt it's the Russians. It just seems like the popular thing to do is blame Russia for everything. Just like Nordstream...everyone initially blamed Russia, and it's now become obvious that the Russians had nothing to do with it. Seems like the US and NATO are the sources of most of the world's troubles.
Did you actually watch the video or read the info in the Aviation Herald? If it was sabotage, don't you think that this would have taken place mid-flight or on takeoff/ascent? This clearly appears to be a botched descent of some sort. The reasons for it will certainly take time to discover, but jumping to "it's the Russians!" is laughably absurd.
Full disclosure: I personally despise the Russian government and this is a nation that has pissed away so much potential to be an economic powerhouse by spending its efforts on being a bully. But let's get real here.
If there were any NATO weapons/supplies on board intended for final delivery in Ukraine, this becomes a legitimate target. I am not saying that is what happened in this case but food for thought.