[kellyhound]

Engine blow or bird strike?

[William May]

Originally Posted by akr619 ↗

i think they wouldve survived if they were coming in the other way of the runway where there was no wall and had plenty of overrun to skid to. also i wonder if they wouldve faired better if they went down diagonally, if you look on google maps there is a lot more area to allow for slowing down compared to just going straight the run way.

They also would have slowed down a LOT faster if they had angled to be off the runway once they touched down, and started sliding in the grass and dirt.

[William May]

Originally Posted by DialRain20 ↗

In fairness, judging by the updates, it doesn't seem to be the concrete fence that they crashed into. It looks what the plane crashed into was an embankment holding the ILS (Instrument Landing System) array.

I suspect this must be what they are referring to.

Yes. That is the installation I was talking about.

[kellyhound]

The original clean vid

[SoCal Rich]

Another video of it coming in to to land.

[Otimebomb]

In both of the above videos, it looks like it touched down way deep on the runway. It didn’t have much room to stop.

[Gore Whore]

What the fuck did it hit at the end of the runway? And why was anything there?

[Gore Whore]

Originally Posted by HIGHTECHDUDE ↗

Confirmed they struck an antenna array structure.

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Aren't they usually collapsible?

[Gore Whore]

Totally would have been ok if it weren't for the structure at the end of the runway, that was a good landing considering they had no landing gear and other system failures. Apparently the pilot mentioned a bird strike in the mayday call and that was their second landing attempt.

[newjerseydeevil]

No speed brakes ? And these things should be visible on airport map before landing ?

Pilot error.