Quote:
Originally Posted by M-technik-3
737-800 crash today, appears gear up and flaps looked at maybe 40% at best. Did not declare an emergency as well. Not Good.
The tail as always survives, I imagine the two crew out the 181 total souls were in rear seating area.
|
Aircraft was hauling down that runway and appears to be flaps 5 at most, might even be flaps 1 or up. Hard to tell from the video. The accident investigation should be interesting. The 737 has a manual means to extend the gear (gravity “free-fall” and air load) and an alternate electrical means to extend the flaps to 15. Even a complete hydraulic failure shouldn’t prevent the aircraft from being configured for a somewhat “normal” landing configuration. As a 737 pilot I’d be very interested to know what kind of situation would preclude the use of either of those backup systems.