If this is actually real...
It looks like his hydraulics have completely gone for a burton. Many years ago there were times when pilots had hydraulic fluid loss and people were peeing into the tanks to enable them to land! Might be true now but maybe not in this case
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Fr_Jerry_McGwier looked over both shoulders at, Sun 1 May 2011, 11:45,
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Crikey.
I have trouble at a urinal if there's someone next to me, let alone if they're shouting "PISS IN THAT TANK OR WE'LL ALL DIE!"
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sun 1 May 2011, 11:52,
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Hehehe
I'd use the bottle of "Orangina" (replace with name of forrin soft drink at will) I'd just have bought from the nice plastic lady
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Fr_Jerry_McGwier looked over both shoulders at, Sun 1 May 2011, 11:59,
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And looking at it again...
...it seems as if he's trying to steer the aircraft with just the engines. Wow! Is this actually possible?
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Fr_Jerry_McGwier looked over both shoulders at, Sun 1 May 2011, 12:12,
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Firstly, yes it is.
United 232 managed it, more or less.
Secondly, I think they must have had at least the rudder under control. Turbine engine response times are far too slow to correct those oscillations - the lag between demanding a power setting and achieving it is in the order of seconds.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sun 1 May 2011, 12:31,
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That article...
....is really good. And quite frightening at the same time
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Fr_Jerry_McGwier looked over both shoulders at, Sun 1 May 2011, 13:22,
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