FedEx Flight 647 CVR and flight path animation.

[GinoRc]

Pilots did a good job i think, the gear was a piece of shit, it is supposed to stand that. Did they blame the pilots?

[osdiniz]

@GinoRc The main cause was the strong wind that were blowing that day,

[PIlotrcm]

@GinoRc

They ALWAYS blame the pilots.

[Metrodriver1987]

what game is this?

[DJSomerfield]

@Metrodriver1987 this isn't a game, it's a government constructed recreation of the events that happened. lol.

[Valkyriepure]

woman drivers

[9T6Q]

what confuses me is what do pilots use to make a crosswind landing the rudder or the alierons? :S

[FZ6A320]

Both. You yaw the nose straight with the rudder then roll slightly into wind to stop drift.

[DJSomerfield]

@9T6Q both.

[bananacooler]

I'm glad they survived..

[zbeast]

That's a hard one..I fly but I don't fly anything that big. Generally just befor touch down with a crab

angle like that. you boot in a lot of rudder to get the plane centered befor letting it drop in.

but big jets respond slow to input. So i'm not

sure that would have worked.

[equlibrium06]

some larger planes (not sure about this one though) the mains turn slightly for small amounts of side loading but that looks like a little much. Looks to me like it shoulda been a go around. but i wasnt there so im not saying one way or another. these guys have a lot more flight hours than i do and are more familiar with the aircraft.

[aescobar32]

main landing gear tilts in 747s, 777s, and A380 but only for taxi operatiions...

[uncleluck]

I'd definitely gone around and lined that up better. Good job getting the beast off the runway.

[tbmavengerstuka]

seems like crab angle was too high and not much flare. Perhaps too much torsional stress all at once made the gear collapse. Honestly, as a fellow pilot, I might have gone around, just seemed like he wasnt even centered. Did he even try a little bit of side slip? I know Md11s can't do much slipping but a littel, like 5 degrees sure wouldv helped

[TonyFirelli]

Google earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DJSomerfield]

No it's not google earth..

It's a special animation coded by the NTSB.

[YosMerlion95]

Whats the website? Is it a simulator?

[Zachey2001]

No.

[mvrdvec]

this is an awesome landing, great pilot's job

[DJSomerfield]

Wow, you're funny aren't you!

[mvrdvec]

it wasn't sarcasm, i meant it

[DJSomerfield]

Did I say you were being sarky?

No. Now shut up and go learn something about landings and how that was an okay one, not an "awesome" one.

[mvrdvec]

get a life, will you?

[DJSomerfield]

Get a brain, will you?

[mvrdvec]

i hate u haters, just get a life, i mean it

[Askelairlines747]

what are you doing? what are u guys talki'n 'bout?

[chaptainchaos]

?!? The pilot caused the gear to colapse by landing too fast, too hard and putting too much weight on the landing gear. Bad landing. Did I mention that the pilot landing was female. No coincidence.

[batitombo]

sigh