FedEx Plane Crash at Narita International Airport In Tokyo

http://bit.ly/dlIE7Z A Federal Express Corp cargo plane crashes and burst into flames as it landed at Narita international airport on March 23, 2009 in Toyko.

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[NavyKings2007]

@blampa Spot on, I was a Navy forecaster writing TAF's for that area the same day, and the whole region had significant LL turbulence/wind shear forecasted. Sad that more precautions weren't taken.

[NavyKings2007]

@Pvjinflight You, are an idiot. You accuse someone of being a war criminal in the same sentence that you say you want a state to be nuked. Again, idiot. 3 years later, Bush derangement syndrome continues among radical foaming-at-the-mouth leftists......

[AviationEnthusiastic]

horrific. really. may they rest in peace.

[hiffenmark2]

@EntertainMeThai

Thank you very much for this perfect comment of this sad disaster, and I fully agree to the last sentence. It's not too long, because your comment is pure information without any judgement about the flight crew. They were experienced aviators. May they rest in peace.

[EntertainMeThai]

EMT-8: should be avoided with a simple go-around. Let me also say that there might have been technical problems with the a/c which could have prevented a go-around, or which may have initiated or accentuated the bouncing-porpoising landing, but that is certainly not revealed in the Interim Report. May the crew RIP & may all pilots learn from this accident. Sorry this has been so long, but I hope you agree that it's worth it if it saves at least one life or prevents one more accident.

[EntertainMeThai]

EMT-7: violently to the left while fuel gushed from the ruptured wing tanks, leading to the fireball. The airspeed on late finals & during the flare & bouncing-porpoising T/Ds was 155-170kt, which indicates that there was definitely wind fluctuations, but not sufficiently severe to be windshear. Now watch the video "Landing Accident-Rarely Seen Bouncing or Porpoising" (youtu.be/x5ZzktAFJK4), to learn more about the dangers of continuing with a bouncing-porpoising landing, & how it(Cont at EMT-8)

[EntertainMeThai]

EMT-6: have bounced so high, or have bounced at all if they were deployed. The PF appears to have continued with this bouncing-porpoising landing by selecting a nose-low attitude again, so the NLG touched down 1st again & the a/c rolled slightly to the left causing the L-MLG to hit the runway with a vertical acceleration of 3.06G ie a heavy landing. The left wing now snapped off, a problem that has occurred with at least 2 other landing MD-11s. This caused the a/c to roll (Cont at EMT-7)

[EntertainMeThai]

EMT-5: not overly high at 1.98G, but that probably does not reveal how heavily the NLG struck the runway as it started to shed some components (a grommet, gasket, band, wire & cap, but not pieces of tyre). The a/c now performed a fairly large porpoising bounce which lifted it 16ft into the air. The airspeed at this stage was about 160kt, so the a/c was nowhere near the stall, unless perhaps, if the spoilers were extended. I doubt they were out because the a/c probably wouldn't (Cont at EMT-6)

[EntertainMeThai]

EMT-4: The airspeed was about 170kt which is slightly higher than the 155-165kt that existed on late finals. The vertical acceleration was 1.63G, which means that it was not a particularly heavy landing. The a/c bounced, but not very high, then touched down again with a nose-low attitude, possibly because the PF (Pilot Flying) did not control the attitude correctly. This caused the Nose Landing Gear (NLG) to hit the rwy 1st followed by the MLG. The vertical acceleration was still (Cont at EMT-5)

[EntertainMeThai]

EMT-3: I trust you will accept my comments as valid, given the wealth of knowledge & information described above. If you don't consider that my comments are valid, then please say so, but only if you really know what you're talking about, & don't do so in a childish & abusive fashion. The FedEx MD-11's 1st touchdown (T/D) was on the Right Main Landing Gear (R-MLG) at about 300mtrs/1,000ft in from the runway (rwy) threshold, which is generally where it should have touched down. (Cont at EMT-4)

[EntertainMeThai]

EMT-2: accident, located at the Japan Transport Safety Board site. This is the most valid information available to date as it has yet to be replaced by the Final Report. I have noted the relevant youtube comments made by those who appear to have some wide-bodied jet experience, & have visited other sites with valid information (eg the flightglobal site). This video provides a valuable lesson for all pilots, so allow me to make some comments about it & the accident. (Cont at EMT-3)

[EntertainMeThai]

EMT-1: I'm a pilot with over 40 years experience, & have been an instructor on full-motion full-flight simulators of wide-bodied jet a/c for some 13 years. I have trained many, many commercial pilots on windshear & go-around procedures, so I am very familiar with the problems & difficulties of controlling a large jet a/c in these situations. I'm not bragging; just stating the facts. I have closely studied the highly detailed Interim Report of this FedEx McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (Cont at EMT-2)