Since runways are identified by their compass headings (runway 22 is 220 degrees, runway 26 is 260 degrees, etc.) one would think that a pilot at a small airport with only two runways, one being way too short for that particular aircraft, would simply look at his compass heading when he lined up for take-off. Even in daylight it is just about impossible to percieve the difference in runway length simply by eyeball. Well, it happened. A real tragedy. Human error, not equipment, remains the primary cause of accidents.
Comair Crash shows extreme carelessness
by Gregor 6 Replies latest social current
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MegaDude
Quite sad.I remember listening to a black box recording of some pilots of a passenger jet joking with a visitor to the cockpit before they took off. They were laughing that the black box recorder was something for their families to remember them by. And the flight crew didn't do their routine checklist and put the flaps in the right position. The black box recorded flawlessy as they went full throttle down the runway for take-off and never left the ground. It ends with them all screaming and the plane smashing into a building.
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RubaDub
Wow, seems like a lot of people here want to "throw the first stone."
Come on now! Haven't we all at one time or another went for a drive and took the wrong road ???
Rub a Dub
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MegaDude
What are you? High?
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mkr32208
Ummm Yeah and the runways are all marked with GIANT ass numbers saying which runway your on! I used to be a pilot and am just STUNNED by the stupidity of this crash!
I think these guys were high on life...(and glue!)
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RubaDub
Ahhhhh ....
It's VERY late Saturday night (ok, officially Sunday morning) ...
It's dark ...
You're tired ...
With the thousands of flights every day, it's surprising that this doesn't happen more often. Pilots are only human.
Rub a Dub
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mkr32208
How often do you drive up the wrong freeway on ramp? Now imagine you had spent THOUSANDS of hours training to drive on the highway?
Dumbest crash ever!