RE: Worst accident in aviation history narrowly averted
July 15, 2017 at 6:31 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2017 at 6:34 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
I think the potential number of casualties is what's driving the coverage.
And while I'm no pilot, I do know that the lower the altitude, the shorter the recovery time. And iirc, Delta 191(? Might have that wrong -- D/FW Aug 1985, anyway) got dropped by wind shear on approach from about 500' AGL. Granted those conditions weren't extant here, but at 150 kia, SHTF pretty quickly.
And while I'm no pilot, I do know that the lower the altitude, the shorter the recovery time. And iirc, Delta 191(? Might have that wrong -- D/FW Aug 1985, anyway) got dropped by wind shear on approach from about 500' AGL. Granted those conditions weren't extant here, but at 150 kia, SHTF pretty quickly.
