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I've never seen a big jet so out of control!
Posted: 04 May 2011, 19:18
by John
TU154 in all sorts of trouble!
http://jalopnik.com/5798447/watch-an-ou ... id-a-crash
How he got this down I'll never know
Kind regards
John
Re: I've never seen a big jet so out of control!
Posted: 04 May 2011, 19:31
by Garry Russell
I amazed it didn't break up!!
Re: I've never seen a big jet so out of control!
Posted: 04 May 2011, 19:49
by cstorey
I am speculating , because I do not know what control system the 154 has, in particular for the rudders , but a conceivable explanation is if there was a yaw damper failure . Tonks will tell us, but IIRC the VC10 can show fairly spectacular Dutch Roll characteristics if the Damper is inoperative
Re: I've never seen a big jet so out of control!
Posted: 04 May 2011, 20:25
by DarrenL
John wrote:
How he got this down I'll never know
I say that often about Russian airliners.
Re: I've never seen a big jet so out of control!
Posted: 04 May 2011, 20:36
by tango234
Re: I've never seen a big jet so out of control!
Posted: 04 May 2011, 20:41
by Chris558
DarrenL wrote:John wrote:
How he got this down I'll never know
I say that often about Russian airliners.
Oh they come down alright...but not always in one piece....
Re: I've never seen a big jet so out of control!
Posted: 04 May 2011, 20:59
by GHD
It appears to me that he lost aileron control and was trying to land with rudder/elevator/engines only.
Re: I've never seen a big jet so out of control!
Posted: 04 May 2011, 21:18
by VEGAS
Thats just bonkers. Those old Russian girls are certainly
careless.
Re: I've never seen a big jet so out of control!
Posted: 05 May 2011, 08:02
by John
Here's the BBC report...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13286479
The young lady doing the narration says that 'the steering broke'
Kind regards
John
Re: I've never seen a big jet so out of control!
Posted: 05 May 2011, 08:19
by Garry Russell