Dead weight part 5 - Air Crash Investigation/Mayday

A small commuter aircraft, Air Midwest Express Flight 5481 crashes into a hangar of Charlotte/Douglas International Airport seconds after take-off on a flight to Greenville.

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Education

[mkuki2000]

Forbid fat people to fly!!... Damn!! why you American have to eat too much?? One American is eating equalvilent of Ten Africans!!

[monkeytutz]

Guys, Stop shanghai'ing the comments with your rather sad banter and how fat Americans are / what Katie could have done to prevent the crash, desisions like that at low altitude are hard to make, with reduced contol I doubt anyone here could have recovered the aircraft. People died at the end of the day, and less people will die as a result, a positive coming out of a negative.

[PSNSCORPO8972]

@Nariasan Hey what about Air Canada, are safety is impressive and its fleet age is only 8.96 years old!!! We are also one of the FOUNDING members of the Star Alliance!!!

[Cuminfromtech]

@nariasan he must be flying first class they have different worthy limits than economy

[Clipstreu]

Lol 195 really I'm less than half that!

[coffeecation]

It is the unfortunate fact that if you come up with every possible safety implementation an airplane would never get off the ground, be too expensive to make and too expensive to be a passanger. If you are embarased about your weight don't be selfish and either get over it for the safety of all other passangers or dont fly.The FAA can recommend and issue airworthyness directives but legally can not enforce them. Hopefully the industry will take the initiative. By the way I'm skinny (LOL)

[dcs002]

I am sick of this whole weight and balance calculation issue. How incredibly simple would it be for aircraft manufacturers to simply install load sensors in the landing gear? No calculations necessary. No embarrassing weigh-ins for passengers. Measurements, not predictions! I asked why that wasn't done when I went to part 121 dispatch school in 1991 and no one knew. I saw all the room for error when I worked as a dispatcher and did 727-200 & 737-400 w & b calcs myself. COME ON aviation industry!

[colombogermano]

As subcontracting continues to grow as a way of reducing costs, people's lives are at greater risk. And when we thought we have seen everythig, new mistakes and overlooks will be taking place.

[Nariasan]

That said, I wouldn't be caught dead on an American airline. Their safety standards are complete bollocks. Even the ones in the USA that are members of the Star Alliance are not as good as the other Star Alliance carriers. I will stick with Lufthansa.

[Nariasan]

Did anyone see the weight of that bag they weighed??? It was 36 kg!! That's NOT ALLOWED on ANY flight aside from cargo aircrafts! The maximum weight per checked luggage can, NOWHERE IN THE WORLD exceed 32 kg!! Even if the passengers pay extra, 32 kg is the maximum as dictated by IATA. Why in the world would a bag of 36 kg then be on board? Which check-in agent was moronic enough to let that pass?! Most airlines nowadays only allow 23 kg anyways...

[QuadLocked]

"What about the other steps?"

"Uh, yeah. Don't worry about those."