Zoharariel:


Stop spamming all the threads; go and enlist in the Nigerian Army.

dumo1:

Wait o! Are you saying that the pilot couldn't land at the intended airport but he returned to Lagos and then landed safely?

WaffenSS:



Even with 2 engines gone planes still glide and can, in many cases, be safety guided to land ..even though the landing is usually hard.

cochtrane:

Certainly not in many cases. A plane with no engines is no more than a glider. With no landing space in sight, it'll more often than not end in tragedy. The 2012 Dana flight which crashed in Lagos glided to its end.
Only a sparse handful of planes which lost two engines had a positive end.

BrokenCock:
road better oh! At least u fit slap d driver head

Offpoint:

So scared of what? death? I hate it when humans are scared of death, knowing you ain't living forever.

I remember when I went on journey on a company vehicle, the vehicle nearly had an accident. everyone were shouting, crying and praying. I was busy playing games on my phone, and smiling. you need the weird look everyone gave me after everything. Weird look...lol . I knw death is inevitable but not now



Fear kills

WaffenSS:


First, If you read back, I said "in many cases" which infers non-absolution. I also did say planes with no engines are gliders.

Second, planes do glide quite well (especially when fuel is dumped to reduce weight), which counters the impression most people have that unpowered planes fall like a rock out of the sky.

Third, if you read the accident report of the Dana crash of 2012, you'll know that though they lost both engines the crash was largely as a result of poor crew resource management occasioned by pilot error.

In a lot of cases, planes that encountered engine losses or flameouts near or at 300FL can reduce altitude and glide to the nearest Airport. Many commercial flights are ETOPS compliant, placing their flight paths near airports in case of emergency.

Indeed, historically, many crashes are as a result of pilot error.

cochtrane:


Yes, the primary reason for the Dana Air crash may have been as a result of poor CRM. The fact remains that once the pilot made the decision to keep going and subsequently lost the second engine just outside the Lagos skies, the plane had nowhere else to go. And while it may have glided well, it could not have been glided to safety. Aviation experts are quick to blame pilot error for most crashes since pilots are after all the only human component in the operating system, but it is important to note that sometimes even pilot expertise cannot make a crash avoidable. A gliding plane doesn't just need a good pilot, as you may think. It also needs a lot of luck and clear skies.

Mpeace:
At the point of death, some could not resist the temptation of taking pictures. If anything had happened, maybe they would have been sharing the pictures in hell.