Well, many of you should have already seen the TransAsia Airlines ATR-72 crash in Taipei this morning. Right now at least 25 of 58 on board have been confirmed killed.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDshs7trY-I"]TransAsia Taipei Plane Crash (BEST QUALITY IMAGES) - Accidente Avión Taiwan (4-2-2015) [Must see!] - YouTube[/ame]
This one, given the flight speed and altitude data, really looks similar to an engine failure that people on the web are suspecting (especially with someone pointing out that the left engine propellers looks "feathered"). I can't remember of a turboprop engine failure and crash in recent years though (not with the ATR, or the Dash-8, or other older types).
Had this happened in somewhere colder, I would have guessed that icing conditions would be involved (remember the AA4184 crash 20 years ago? Or this ATR crash in Russia a few years earlier in which the plane was not de-iced)....but since this is in Taipei, the only other probable reasons I could think of are weight balance issues and maybe non-extended flaps (which I think is unlikely since it would probably crash immediately like several accidents in history, instead of being airborne for 3 minutes).
BTW, another ATR-72 from the same airline had a fatal crash last July, though the situation was completely different.
Any comments?
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDshs7trY-I"]TransAsia Taipei Plane Crash (BEST QUALITY IMAGES) - Accidente Avión Taiwan (4-2-2015) [Must see!] - YouTube[/ame]
This one, given the flight speed and altitude data, really looks similar to an engine failure that people on the web are suspecting (especially with someone pointing out that the left engine propellers looks "feathered"). I can't remember of a turboprop engine failure and crash in recent years though (not with the ATR, or the Dash-8, or other older types).
Had this happened in somewhere colder, I would have guessed that icing conditions would be involved (remember the AA4184 crash 20 years ago? Or this ATR crash in Russia a few years earlier in which the plane was not de-iced)....but since this is in Taipei, the only other probable reasons I could think of are weight balance issues and maybe non-extended flaps (which I think is unlikely since it would probably crash immediately like several accidents in history, instead of being airborne for 3 minutes).
BTW, another ATR-72 from the same airline had a fatal crash last July, though the situation was completely different.
Any comments?
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