03-21-2022, 03:39 PM
(03-21-2022, 03:20 PM)727Sky Wrote:(03-21-2022, 01:45 PM)WonderCow Wrote:(03-21-2022, 01:39 PM)putnam6 Wrote:(03-21-2022, 01:35 PM)WonderCow Wrote: That's one hell of a strange angle to crash at. Catastrophic failure of some kind?
Wow, I honestly don't know what make of that. I hope the passengers weren't awake during those last moments.
Thats terrifying.
How did it not have any forward motion at all? am I wrong shouldn't that be almost impossible to happen by accident
That was my first thought too. Even big jets can glide to a certain extent.
Hope it was an accident and not a suicidal Pilot.
We plan our descents at idle at 3 miles per 1000 feet and one mile per 10 knots of speed ....So if you were at 33,000 and wanted to descend at idle thrust down to 10,000 feet and slow from 310 knots back to 250 knots to descend below 10,000 you would need 3X23=69 NM and add 6 for the speed so....you would start your descent to your crossing point at 75 miles away plus or minus the winds and yes their is a formula for the winds too.. Works perfectly. Now instead of knowing many Pilots just push a button now and let the flight management system do everything while they monitor the FMS system
Thanks for the information, I knew planes started their descent miles away, never realised it was that far away. What's your best guess as to what happened here?
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