Airliner Was Descending Fast Before It Flipped on Landing, Report Finds
A Delta Air Lines passenger jet that flipped over, burned and lost a wing after landing in Toronto last month was descending at what experts called an excessive speed when it touched down, according to a preliminary report from the Canadian authorities.
The report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, an independent agency, found that a warning about the plane’s rapid descent had sounded just before it touched down, and the plane was dropping at nearly twice the rate that qualifies as a “hard landing ” in the flight operations manual of the Delta subsidiary, Endeavor Air, that was operating the jet.
втурване по-голямо от 600 фута в минута се смята за " мъчно кацане ", съгласно управлението. Точно преди злополуката самолетът се спускаше на 1100 фута в минута, се споделя в отчета.
Когато самолетът кацна, част, прикрепена към главната кацаща...
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