Comments by "David Ford" (@davidford3115) on "Jeju Air plane crash: What happens to an aircraft when a so-called bird strike occurs? | DW News" video.

  1.  @heythere5817  Need to remember that WIND DIRECTION is what determines the path of approach; there is no "wrong" direction when landing.
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  2.  @Peter-xl7zm  What video have you been watching? The Antenna was ON THE CONCRETE BERN! A plane doesn't shatter like glass when it hits a localizer antenna; the antenna breaks away.
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  3.  @FlashRyu  Every airport in the US uses chain-link fence (which breakaway easily) with a required clear area beyond the end of the runway in case of an overrun like this. Don't make excuses for criminally incompetent designs.
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  4. Indeed, if not for that wall, the plane likely would have slid into the bay and ended up like the one that landed on the Hudson River.
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  5. So, you are just going to ignore the fact that the fireball occurred AFTER the impact with the concrete wall?
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  6.  @paulgifis1908  The wall was barely 500 ft (150 Meters) from the end of the runway. Most US airports have at least 2,000ft (610 Meters) of clearance at the end of the runway. Stop making excuses for the ONLY reason why the plane ended up exploding.
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  7.  @FlashRyu  "Stating the facts" or simply being a contrarian? the ICAO takes its cues from AMERICAN safety standards. Why is it that the Unites States NTSB is almost always the agency that leads the investigations into crashes like this? When an airfield is NOT meeting those standards, they are NOT an authorized ICAO field with an ICAO reporting code used in METAR observations. Local airstrips may be approved for LOCAL use by LOCAL authorities, but NOT for international flights. Perhaps YOU need to check your facts, because your information has major holes.
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  8. Indeed. Most US airports only have a chain-link fence perhaps topped with consintina wire so that in an overrun situation, the fence breaks away safely.
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  9. Why? This was a SOUTH KOREAN plane. You think they care about that?
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  10.  @bdk88  Are you going to ignore the fact that the concrete wall was but a mere 150 meters from the end of the runway? Most US airports have at least 610 meters of clearance.
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  11.  @everydaydose7779  I tend to agree. But it was unfortunately the airport design failure that made it catastrophic. And THAT is where much of the criminal liability is going to fall.
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  12.  @danielpacheco4821  I guess you have never heard of "CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE". Corrupt practices are what elevates it to criminal status.
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  13.  @sncy5303  You don't know that. You are making wild speculations. The flight data recorders will confirm that. It has been pointed out that the datalink between the aircraft and the control tower failed before the plane made its final approach indicating a massive electrical failure, throwing a wrench in your whole THEORY.
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  14.  @joaoroman9583  The stall speed for a 737-800 is 128kts in flight configuration. In landing, it is about 108kts.
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  15.  @danielpacheco4821  You are trying to make a distinction WITHOUT a difference.
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  16. When you lose power to your vehicle. you don't have time or altitude to divert. Look at what happened after the bird strike when Sully Sullenberger landed on the Hudson River.
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  17. They might not have had time. There is talk that the entire plane's hydraulic system was damaged preventing proper deployment of the landing gear. Loss of power and hydraulics might have forced and immediate landing.
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