PIA Airbus Crash

[Just a civilian pilot]

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They “landed” , gear up, on 25L.

11,500 is a very long runway, even gear up , landing on the engines.

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

Here is the “ approach plate” which pilots use to plan, brief, and fly the approach.

Notice the Hold pattern at Makli.

Pilots are to confirm , and verify what’s in the FMS ( ILS 25L ) versus the approach plate. The FMS would have had a hold in it and the pilots should have cleared it out for accurate FMS managed ( means FMS will do all the calculations for the pilots ) descent, or been aware the descent profile would be off if doing a straight in ILS.

 

[wpod]

When I was a kid I wanted to be either a rock star, airline pilot or motor cycle racer,,, It probably is a good thing I achieved none of them.

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

When I was a kid I wanted to be either a rock star, airline pilot or motor cycle racer,,, It probably is a good thing I achieved none of them.

Not the correct choice for this Captain either.

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

Last thing….

The Captain , because of the high landing speed, thought it was wise to use full reverse thrust while floating ( high speed plus less drag ….they forgot to put the landing gear down ) but the aircraft , for safety reasons, would not allow reverse thrust to be engaged ( need to have the landing gear down , and oleo compression ).

Here is what can happen if you do a go around after selecting reverse thrust.

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

Juan Browne talks about the final report on his YouTube channel.

“Captain had below average intelligence”.

 

[Just a civilian pilot]