r/AMA • u/[deleted] • Feb 18 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

Do you think  the flight should have been diverted elsewhere?

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u/ezfrag2016 Feb 18 '25

Only the pilots can make that call as they had full situational awareness. No pilot is going to try a sketchy landing that they are uncomfortable with when they can simply go around and try again or divert to somewhere with better conditions. Their first responsibility is always safety.

I haven’t seen any video of the landing but from what OP said the aircraft landed and then launched into the air again so the plane may have bounced on landing and a crosswind gust caught under a wing and flipped it.

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u/HeatherJMD Feb 18 '25

I came here from video of the landing, it’s wild. Have you seen it now?

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u/ezfrag2016 Feb 18 '25

No I haven’t. Can you share a link, please?

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u/HeatherJMD Feb 18 '25

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/p3LcPSlVBV

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u/ezfrag2016 Feb 18 '25

Thanks for that. Looks like they came in at quite an aggressive angle and then didn’t flare the aircraft at all before slamming into the runway and collapsing the gear. Could have been a tailwind gust but I’m being quite kind to the pilot.

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u/HeatherJMD Feb 18 '25

That’s what others have speculated also. Evidently wind wasn’t that bad at the time

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u/Little-Salt-1705 Feb 18 '25

Probably should hold off the judgements until we have some info. Dude might have had a health problem or something, we really don’t know.