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Holy Cow! Plane clips another and keeps on going.
A Korean Air Airbus A330 clips another plane during takeoff and seemingly doesn't realize it. (finance.yahoo.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Wow! What a crazy thing to do!
It didn't happen during takeoff, it was while taxiing for departure. If the flight crew did not
even notice, why would they return to the gate? Another hyped up excuse for journalism.
even notice, why would they return to the gate? Another hyped up excuse for journalism.
You know, I just can't even comment on this. The reporting was unreal. Was this on taxi? Was this on takeoff roll? On takeoff, under 80KIAS you abort for anything. After 80KIAS you only abort for a major alarm. After V1, you just go. There no alarms for clipping a wing. If it was on takeoff, why the Hell was the other aircraft that close to the runway. What are hold short lines for? Once you're cleared for takeoff, you assume the path is clear. Well, don't assume anything.
Excellence in price, excellence in being completely and utterly inept
I know I am going to get a lot of flak for my commens herebelow but what the heck: there is no question on my mind that the training of Korean and Indonesian pilots leaves a lot to be desired. Take the Asiana 777 crashing thankfully in the first few feet at an SFO runway, they did not know what hit them. The Indonesian crew of the Air Asia 320 that for all that has been revealed shows a total lack of CRM capabilities and piloting in general. Then the Transasia ATR-72 dropping into a river after missing several high rise buildings and why: the pilots killed the functioning engine and not letting the automatic feathering system to do its thing and not only that, a few days later a full 20% of the pilots flying that fleet of the same airline failed ORAL tests, not on the simulator and I don't want to even fathom what would have happened in the future if they do not receive full re-training. And now this. If I scratch inadvertently a car when going reverse, gosh the first thing I do is STOP, check the extent and say I am sorry; their performance is not going to suffer any but clipping wings of two aircraft can alter in a severe manner the aerodynamics and even structural performance.
There does seem to be a major problem with Korean and Indonesian aviation, but the TransAsia was Taiwanese.
Not just Korean and Indonesian - most of SE Asia. The notable exceptions are Singapore and Cathay. That's it! I wouldn't set foot on any of the others even if the ticket were free. Honest to God - I've seen so much paperwork on this, you'd do the same in my shoes.