Plane Crashes and Incidents

[Joe]

The Boeing 737 MAX dropped 10,000 feet in seconds.

No word on whether this was the pilot's action or a result of the "impact". Seems unlikely that that pilot, or even the plane, could descend 10k feet in "seconds". So probably didn't happen "in seconds". Flight radar data seems to suggest it descended to 10,000ft over 8-10 minutes.

 

[Charade]

I’ve been camping in the desert 50 miles west of Moab since Monday the13th. We stay in an area between Moab and Green River. There have been meteor showers over the area this past week. Monday-Tuesday the 20th-21st were predicted to be when you could see meteor showers and two different comets. One to the east and one towards the south. One person in our group saw 6 shooting stars on Sunday. I’ve been looking but haven’t spotted anything.
It does seem like a one in a million hit but it would be interesting get confirmation.

 

[Possibility of Being]

A B744 cargo airplane, broke apart on landing at Hong Kong airport!

Captain Steeve has an explanation (porpoise landing), FWIW:

VASAviation posted recordings from the ATC, animation of the landing and some photos and videos. (4 min long)

ADDED: Cpt. S. also explains the Boeing 737 misadventure; apparently a close encounter with WindBorne's weather balloon, by the company's own admission.

 

[Vulcan59]

Another image of the First Officer's window after hitting the WindBorne's weather balloon. The startle factor would have the pilots necessitate an emergency descend even though the 737 MAX did not depressurized. Joe timings mentioned in his post above, seems logical and consistent, bearing in mind that the Salt Lake City airport is at an elevation of about 4200ft.

 

[Niall]

Plane crash in Venezuela yesterday:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1981052376078319961

Full text from the X post:

Shocking video shows the moment two people were killed when their Piper PA-31T1 Cheyenne crashed on take-off from Paramillo Airport in San Cristóbal, the capital of the Táchira state of Venezuela.

In a statement the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC) said, "Today Wednesday at 09:52 hrs an aircraft with registration YV1443, taking off from Paramillo Airport, located in the state of Táchira, during the takeoff phase, and fell to the ground. The corresponding protocols and the actions of the Aeronautical Firefighters of the aforementioned airport were immediately activated to attend to the accident. Unfortunately, the two crew members on board were killed. In this sense, the Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Board (JIAAC) was activated, in accordance with the requirements of the Venezuelan State, in order to find the causes of the accident."

 

[Beau]

This crash happened very close to home, about 15 minutes from our house.

Chilling details emerge in plane crash that killed country songwriter Brett James, family

A preliminary NTSB report details the tragic North Carolina plane crash that killed Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee Brett James and his family.

nypost.com

Superstar country songwriter Brett James’ single-engine plane went into a “tightening spiral” before it crashed to the ground in North Carolina, killing everyone on board, the NTSB said.

The private Cirrus SR22T plane piloted by James — who wrote such hits as Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel” — was approaching Macon County Airport in Franklin on Sept. 18 with his wife and stepdaughter when he “requested a visual approach to runway 7 from air traffic control,” according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

“Shortly after, the pilot transmitted (while still tuned to the controller’s radio frequency) that he was at 6,800 feet and intended to perform a 360 degree turn to land on runway 7,” the report said.

“There were no further transmissions received from the pilot,” the NTSB said.

“Multiple witnesses near the accident site reported observing the airplane flying at a low altitude near the airport and over a nearby school playground. The airplane was described as rocking side-to-side, with its wingtips moving up and down before rolling inverted and descending behind the tree line.”

The plane was just over half a mile from the runway shortly before 3 p.m. when it started its turn and “before entering a tightening spiral and impacting the ground,” the agency said.

The aircraft hit the ground about a quarter-mile from the airfield.

 

[Charade]

I’ve been camping in the desert 50 miles west of Moab since Monday the13th. We stay in an area between Moab and Green River. There have been meteor showers over the area this past week. Monday-Tuesday the 20th-21st were predicted to be when you could see meteor showers and two different comets. One to the east and one towards the south. One person in our group saw 6 shooting stars on Sunday. I’ve been looking but haven’t spotted anything.
It does seem like a one in a million hit but it would be interesting get confirmation.

My friend walks her dogs early in the morning and late at night and has randomly seen about 12 shooting stars in a week. The pilots, (three that are friends who are camping here) here are ok with the possibility that what shattered the windshield was a weather balloon. It could be, I suppose, but it was already used as a convenient answer to cover up drones over the US too. Still waiting to know.

 

[Niall]

Footage of the US Navy jet that crashed off the USS Nimitz in the South China Sea a couple of days ago:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1983072308664131740

UPDATE! The above footage was removed after it was checked and found to be from February this year, when another US military jet crashed off San Diego.

This occurred half an hour after a Seahawk helicopter, also from the Nimitz, went down somewhere nearby.

US Navy helicopter and fighter jet from USS Nimitz crash in 'separate incidents' in the South China Sea, right as Trump flies over region

A US Navy helicopter and a fighter jet both crashed in the same half hour on Sunday during separate routine operations over the South China Sea, with all crew members safely rescued, the Navy's Pacific Fleet said. The Navy has launched an...

www.sott.net

 

[T.C.]

Tourist plane crash in Kenya kills 11 on board​

A plane crash near Kenya's coast has killed 10 European tourists and a local pilot, officials have said.

The aircraft was flying from the popular beach resort of Diani to an airstrip in the world-famous Maasai Mara game park when it went down at 05:30 local time (02:30 GMT), the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) said.
Mombasa Air Safari said the plane was carrying eight Hungarians, two Germans and a Kenyan pilot, all of whom had been killed in the crash.

"Our primary focus right now is on providing all possible support to the families affected," it added in a statement.

Local media have published images of the plane in flames, with debris scattered at the site of the crash.

Kwale County Commissioner Stephen Orinde told the BBC that the plane crashed about 10km (six miles) from Kwale town after flying out of Diani.

It was on its way to Kichwa Tembo, an airstrip in Maasai Mara, popular with holidaymakers because of its wildlife.

"The passengers were all tourists," Orinde said.

He said that investigations into the cause of the crash were ongoing but suggested it could have been due to bad weather.

"The weather is not very good here at the moment. Since early in the morning, it is raining and it is very misty, but we cannot preempt [the findings]," Orinde said.

In August, a light aircraft belonging to the medical charity Amref crashed on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, killing six people and injuring two others.