Flydubai Crashes in Russia, 62 Dead:

[dissolved]

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0WL036

All 62 people aboard a passenger jet flying from Dubai to southern Russia were killed when their plane crashed on its second attempt to land at Rostov-on-Don airport on Saturday, Russian officials said.

Both of the plane's flight recorders have been recovered undamaged, the committee said in a statement.

"Different versions of what happened are being looked into, including crew error, a technical failure and bad weather conditions," the committee said.

Dubai's civil aviation authority said it was sending an investigative team to Russia, president Ismail al Hosani told reporters.

- The flight recorders were both recovered.

- Both pilots had over 5000
hours.

- Hopefully the team from Dubai works in conjunction with Russian authorities in a transparent, truthful investigation.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...s-on-landing-in-russian-city-of-rostov-on-don

Tass said weather data from the area indicated that winds were anywhere from 14 to 22 metres per second (30-50 mph) at the time of the crash and that there was light rain.

 

[StannisTheMannis]

those indian mechanics in dubai are not doing their job properly, i bet allround whippings will commence.

 

[dissolved]

those indian mechanics in dubai are not doing their job properly, i bet allround whippings will commence.

$2/day doesn't get you much anymore.

On another note maybe a snackbar was involved.

 

[Dayman1984]

Horrible. I just saw on ABC it was apparently pilot error. Who knows yet though.

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

There was a snowstorm with high winds. The pilot was circling the airport for hours. He finally took his chances and it didn't work out. Doesn't seem suspicious to me.

I highly doubt jihadists had anything to do with this. I'm curious if Russian heads will roll, though. Why didn't they redirect the flight if it was that dangerous? There was an airport just 140 miles away, in Krasnodar. Instead you have the guy doing circles for hours? That must have been a fun flight.

I'm no aviation expert but it seems like if conditions are that awful, perhaps just landing at another airport is preferable to risking a crash. Which is exactly what happened here. Now 62 people died instead of 62 people complaining about being 140 miles from their original destination.

 

[Orgasmo]

If the conditions were too terrible to land, why did the ATCs not divert the flight to another airport? Somebody dropped the ball big time here, besides the pilots.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

If the conditions were too terrible to land, why did the ATCs not divert the flight to another airport? Somebody dropped the ball big time here, besides the pilots.

Maybe they though that in Russia, airports divert to you?

 

[dissolved]

There was a snowstorm with high winds. The pilot was circling the airport for hours. He finally took his chances and it didn't work out. Doesn't seem suspicious to me.

I highly doubt jihadists had anything to do with this. I'm curious if Russian heads will roll, though. Why didn't they redirect the flight if it was that dangerous? There was an airport just 140 miles away, in Krasnodar. Instead you have the guy doing circles for hours? That must have been a fun flight.

I'm no aviation expert but it seems like if conditions are that awful, perhaps just landing at another airport is preferable to risking a crash. Which is exactly what happened here. Now 62 people died instead of 62 people complaining about being 140 miles from their original destination.

I've flown in extremely bad weather 10x worse than this. 30-50 mph with light rain isn't horrible. Both pilots had over 5000 hours.

If you asked me this reeks of suspicious.

 

[dissolved]

If the conditions were too terrible to land, why did the ATCs not divert the flight to another airport? Somebody dropped the ball big time here, besides the pilots.

We'll see if there's more to the story. Like I said, I'm hoping the findings are transparent and honest. It's just as easy to blame Russian air-control etc in these situations (historically) as it is to blame jihadists nowadays.