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Zawya
20-02-2025
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- Zawya
How did a jet flip upside down on a Toronto runway and everyone survive?
Investigators are probing the causes of an unusual plane crash at Canada's largest airport on Monday, when a regional jet flipped upside down upon landing during windy weather, sending 21 of the 80 people on board to hospital. Video shows the Delta Air Lines plane belly up and missing its right wing at Toronto's Pearson Airport, and of the crash that involved no fatalities, circulated widely on social media. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said on Tuesday that parts of the plane -- a Bombardier-made CRJ900 -- separated after impact and the fuselage came to rest slightly off the right side of the runway, upside down, facing the other direction. The TSB said it is too early to know what happened and why. Here is what we know about this accident and similar crashes. HOW DOES A PLANE LAND UPSIDE DOWN? U.S. aviation safety expert Anthony Brickhouse said aircraft are normally designed to land first on the two main landing gear, and then the nose gear. While the cause of the accident is unclear, the type of impact on the runway likely damaged the landing gear, leaving the plane imbalanced. Brickhouse said that the plane ending up pointing in the opposite direction speaks to the amount of force and speed that led it to change direction. "With all the forces and everything going on, if that wing is not there to support the aircraft it's going to go over," Brickhouse said. "It's not something that we see regularly, but when structures start failing they can't do their job and the aircraft is going to react to the different forces on it." HOW DID EVERYONE SURVIVE? Passengers say they were hanging upside down in their seats after the crash. "All of the passengers were wearing the safety belts. This prevented more serious injuries from occurring," said Mitchell Fox, director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Aviation Safety. Airplane seats are designed to withstand the force of 16 times the normal pull of gravity, or 16Gs, in a crash, whereas wings and fuselage are designed to handle 3-5Gs. "In an impact-survivable crash, it's more important for the seats to hold up, giving passengers the best chance of survival," said Raj Ladani, a program manager for aerospace engineering at Australia's RMIT University. Good evacuation is key to air accident survivability, as witnessed last year when all 379 people escaped a burning Japan Airlines plane after a runway collision. "The crew did a remarkable job of evacuating all of the passengers expeditiously," Fox said of the Delta crash. HAS THIS HAPPENED BEFORE? While rare, there have been cases of large jets flipping over on landing, including three accidents involving McDonnell Douglas' MD-11 model. In 2009, a FedEx freighter turned over on landing in windy conditions on the runway at Tokyo's Narita airport, killing both pilots. The left wing was broken and separated from the fuselage attaching point and the airplane caught fire. In 1999, a China Airlines flight inverted at Hong Kong while landing during a typhoon. The plane touched down hard, flipped over and caught fire, killing three of 315 occupants. In 1997, another FedEx freighter flipped over at Newark in the United States, with no fatalities. Brickhouse said it is too early to draw any conclusions from these earlier cases, especially as the MD-11 is a three-engine aircraft and the CRJ900 has two engines mounted toward the back of the aircraft, producing different flight dynamics. HOW WILL THE INVESTIGATION PROCEED? Unlike other investigations in which parts of the plane have gone missing, and there are mass fatalities, investigators will be able to interview all 76 passengers and four crew. Investigators have access to the fuselage and wing, which are on the runway, and the black boxes -- the flight data and cockpit voice recorders -- have been sent for analysis. "This is going to be a textbook investigation," Brickhouse said. "Some accidents, a lot of the pieces of the puzzle are missing. But right now looking at this accident, all the puzzle pieces are there. It's just you piecing them back together at this point." (Reporting By Allison Lampert in Montreal and Lisa Barrington in Seoul; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
Asharq Al-Awsat
19-02-2025
- General
- Asharq Al-Awsat
How Did a Jet Flip Upside Down on a Toronto Runway and Everyone Survive?
Investigators are probing the causes of an unusual plane crash at Canada's largest airport on Monday, when a regional jet flipped upside down upon landing during windy weather, sending 21 of the 80 people on board to hospital. Video shows the Delta Air Lines plane belly up and missing its right wing at Toronto's Pearson Airport, and of the crash that involved no fatalities, circulated widely on social media. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said on Tuesday that parts of the plane -- a Bombardier-made CRJ900 -- separated after impact and the fuselage came to rest slightly off the right side of the runway, upside down, facing the other direction. The TSB said it is too early to know what happened and why. Here is what we know about this accident and similar crashes. HOW DOES A PLANE LAND UPSIDE DOWN? US aviation safety expert Anthony Brickhouse said aircraft are normally designed to land first on the two main landing gear, and then the nose gear. While the cause of the accident is unclear, the type of impact on the runway likely damaged the landing gear, leaving the plane imbalanced. Brickhouse said that the plane ending up pointing in the opposite direction speaks to the amount of force and speed that led it to change direction. "With all the forces and everything going on, if that wing is not there to support the aircraft it's going to go over," Brickhouse said. "It's not something that we see regularly, but when structures start failing, they can't do their job and the aircraft is going to react to the different forces on it." HOW DID EVERYONE SURVIVE? Passengers say they were hanging upside down in their seats after the crash. "All of the passengers were wearing the safety belts. This prevented more serious injuries from occurring," said Mitchell Fox, director of the Asia Pacific Center for Aviation Safety. Airplane seats are designed to withstand the force of 16 times the normal pull of gravity, or 16Gs, in a crash, whereas wings and fuselage are designed to handle 3-5Gs. "In an impact-survivable crash, it's more important for the seats to hold up, giving passengers the best chance of survival," said Raj Ladani, a program manager for aerospace engineering at Australia's RMIT University. Good evacuation is key to air accident survivability, as witnessed last year when all 379 people escaped a burning Japan Airlines plane after a runway collision. "The crew did a remarkable job of evacuating all of the passengers expeditiously," Fox said of the Delta crash. HAS THIS HAPPENED BEFORE? While rare, there have been cases of large jets flipping over on landing, including three accidents involving McDonnell Douglas' MD-11 model. In 2009, a FedEx freighter turned over on landing in windy conditions on the runway at Tokyo's Narita airport, killing both pilots. The left wing was broken and separated from the fuselage attaching point and the airplane caught fire. In 1999, a China Airlines flight inverted at Hong Kong while landing during a typhoon. The plane touched down hard, flipped over and caught fire, killing three of 315 occupants. In 1997, another FedEx freighter flipped over at Newark in the United States, with no fatalities. Brickhouse said it is too early to draw any conclusions from these earlier cases, especially as the MD-11 is a three-engine aircraft and the CRJ900 has two engines mounted toward the back of the aircraft, producing different flight dynamics. HOW WILL THE INVESTIGATION PROCEED? Unlike other investigations in which parts of the plane have gone missing, and there are mass fatalities, investigators will be able to interview all 76 passengers and four crew. Investigators have access to the fuselage and wing, which are on the runway, and the black boxes -- the flight data and cockpit voice recorders -- have been sent for analysis. "This is going to be a textbook investigation," Brickhouse said. "Some accidents, a lot of the pieces of the puzzle are missing. But right now looking at this accident, all the puzzle pieces are there. It's just you piecing them back together at this point."
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Explainer-How did a jet flip upside down on a Toronto runway and everyone survive?
By Allison Lampert and Lisa Barrington (Reuters) - Investigators are probing the causes of an unusual plane crash at Canada's largest airport on Monday, when a regional jet flipped upside down upon landing during windy weather, sending 21 of the 80 people on board to hospital. Video shows the Delta Air Lines plane belly up and missing its right wing at Toronto's Pearson Airport, and of the crash that involved no fatalities, circulated widely on social media. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said on Tuesday that parts of the plane -- a Bombardier-made CRJ900 -- separated after impact and the fuselage came to rest slightly off the right side of the runway, upside down, facing the other direction. The TSB said it is too early to know what happened and why. Here is what we know about this accident and similar crashes. HOW DOES A PLANE LAND UPSIDE DOWN? U.S. aviation safety expert Anthony Brickhouse said aircraft are normally designed to land first on the two main landing gear, and then the nose gear. While the cause of the accident is unclear, the type of impact on the runway likely damaged the landing gear, leaving the plane imbalanced. Brickhouse said that the plane ending up pointing in the opposite direction speaks to the amount of force and speed that led it to change direction. "With all the forces and everything going on, if that wing is not there to support the aircraft it's going to go over," Brickhouse said. "It's not something that we see regularly, but when structures start failing they can't do their job and the aircraft is going to react to the different forces on it." HOW DID EVERYONE SURVIVE? Passengers say they were hanging upside down in their seats after the crash. "All of the passengers were wearing the safety belts. This prevented more serious injuries from occurring," said Mitchell Fox, director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Aviation Safety. Airplane seats are designed to withstand the force of 16 times the normal pull of gravity, or 16Gs, in a crash, whereas wings and fuselage are designed to handle 3-5Gs. "In an impact-survivable crash, it's more important for the seats to hold up, giving passengers the best chance of survival," said Raj Ladani, a program manager for aerospace engineering at Australia's RMIT University. Good evacuation is key to air accident survivability, as witnessed last year when all 379 people escaped a burning Japan Airlines plane after a runway collision. "The crew did a remarkable job of evacuating all of the passengers expeditiously," Fox said of the Delta crash. HAS THIS HAPPENED BEFORE? While rare, there have been cases of large jets flipping over on landing, including three accidents involving McDonnell Douglas' MD-11 model. In 2009, a FedEx freighter turned over on landing in windy conditions on the runway at Tokyo's Narita airport, killing both pilots. The left wing was broken and separated from the fuselage attaching point and the airplane caught fire. In 1999, a China Airlines flight inverted at Hong Kong while landing during a typhoon. The plane touched down hard, flipped over and caught fire, killing three of 315 occupants. In 1997, another FedEx freighter flipped over at Newark in the United States, with no fatalities. Brickhouse said it is too early to draw any conclusions from these earlier cases, especially as the MD-11 is a three-engine aircraft and the CRJ900 has two engines mounted toward the back of the aircraft, producing different flight dynamics. HOW WILL THE INVESTIGATION PROCEED? Unlike other investigations in which parts of the plane have gone missing, and there are mass fatalities, investigators will be able to interview all 76 passengers and four crew. Investigators have access to the fuselage and wing, which are on the runway, and the black boxes -- the flight data and cockpit voice recorders -- have been sent for analysis. "This is going to be a textbook investigation," Brickhouse said. "Some accidents, a lot of the pieces of the puzzle are missing. But right now looking at this accident, all the puzzle pieces are there. It's just you piecing them back together at this point." (Reporting By Allison Lampert in Montreal and Lisa Barrington in Seoul; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
Reuters
19-02-2025
- General
- Reuters
How did a jet flip upside down on a Toronto runway and everyone survive?
Feb 19 (Reuters) - Investigators are probing the causes of an unusual plane crash at Canada's largest airport on Monday, when a regional jet flipped upside down upon landing during windy weather, sending 21 of the 80 people on board to hospital. Video shows the Delta Air Lines (DAL.N), opens new tab plane belly up and missing its right wing at Toronto's Pearson Airport, and of the crash that involved no fatalities, circulated widely on social media. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said on Tuesday that parts of the plane -- a Bombardier-made ( opens new tab CRJ900 -- separated after impact and the fuselage came to rest slightly off the right side of the runway, upside down, facing the other direction. The TSB said it is too early to know what happened and why. Here is what we know about this accident and similar crashes. HOW DOES A PLANE LAND UPSIDE DOWN? U.S. aviation safety expert Anthony Brickhouse said aircraft are normally designed to land first on the two main landing gear, and then the nose gear. While the cause of the accident is unclear, the type of impact on the runway likely damaged the landing gear, leaving the plane imbalanced. Brickhouse said that the plane ending up pointing in the opposite direction speaks to the amount of force and speed that led it to change direction. "With all the forces and everything going on, if that wing is not there to support the aircraft it's going to go over," Brickhouse said. "It's not something that we see regularly, but when structures start failing they can't do their job and the aircraft is going to react to the different forces on it." HOW DID EVERYONE SURVIVE? Passengers say they were hanging upside down in their seats after the crash. "All of the passengers were wearing the safety belts. This prevented more serious injuries from occurring," said Mitchell Fox, director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Aviation Safety. Airplane seats are designed to withstand the force of 16 times the normal pull of gravity, or 16Gs, in a crash, whereas wings and fuselage are designed to handle 3-5Gs. "In an impact-survivable crash, it's more important for the seats to hold up, giving passengers the best chance of survival," said Raj Ladani, a program manager for aerospace engineering at Australia's RMIT University. Good evacuation is key to air accident survivability, as witnessed last year when all 379 people escaped a burning Japan Airlines plane after a runway collision. "The crew did a remarkable job of evacuating all of the passengers expeditiously," Fox said of the Delta crash. HAS THIS HAPPENED BEFORE? While rare, there have been cases of large jets flipping over on landing, including three accidents involving McDonnell Douglas' MD-11 model. In 2009, a FedEx freighter turned over on landing in windy conditions on the runway at Tokyo's Narita airport, killing both pilots. The left wing was broken and separated from the fuselage attaching point and the airplane caught fire. In 1999, a China Airlines flight inverted at Hong Kong while landing during a typhoon. The plane touched down hard, flipped over and caught fire, killing three of 315 occupants. In 1997, another FedEx freighter flipped over at Newark in the United States, with no fatalities. Brickhouse said it is too early to draw any conclusions from these earlier cases, especially as the MD-11 is a three-engine aircraft and the CRJ900 has two engines mounted toward the back of the aircraft, producing different flight dynamics. HOW WILL THE INVESTIGATION PROCEED? Unlike other investigations in which parts of the plane have gone missing, and there are mass fatalities, investigators will be able to interview all 76 passengers and four crew. Investigators have access to the fuselage and wing, which are on the runway, and the black boxes -- the flight data and cockpit voice recorders -- have been sent for analysis. "This is going to be a textbook investigation," Brickhouse said. "Some accidents, a lot of the pieces of the puzzle are missing. But right now looking at this accident, all the puzzle pieces are there. It's just you piecing them back together at this point."
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Ground stop briefly issued at Reagan airport; delays expected to continue
Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The FAA issued a full ground stop that halted all air traffic at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for about an hour Friday morning, but delays because of weather will continue through midnight, officials said. "Airport volume" led the Federal Aviation Administration to briefly issue the directive around 7:30 a.m. EST, two days following a deadly mid-air collision between an American Airlines regional flight and U.S. military helicopter. "Departures to Ronald Reagan Washington National are delayed [an] average [of] 62 mins due to low ceilings," the FAA wrote in an update, adding some flights had been delayed up to 143 minutes because of the weather. Officials continued recovery efforts Friday morning, warning members of the public not to touch any debris they encounter from the collision between American Eagle flight 5342 and the military helicopter. "If you believe you have information related to the recovery efforts in the Potomac or Anacostia Rivers or on the shore, immediately call 911. Do not touch or remove the item(s). Following this guidance is critical to supporting the impacted families & investigation," the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments wrote on X and Facebook. So far, 40 of the 67 bodies involved in the crash have so far been recovered. Authorities on Thursday confirmed they have recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the Bombardier-made CRJ700 aircraft. The two devices are commonly referred to as the black boxes. Black boxes from the U.S. Army Sikorsky H-60 helicopter have not yet been recovered, CNN reported, citing sources within the National Transportation Safety Board. The New York Times published a report Friday alleging the military helicopter involved in Wednesday's deadly mid-air collision near the airport may have been flying at a higher-than-permitted altitude at the time of the crash, citing information from four people with knowledge of the situation but who were not permitted to speak publicly about it. President Donald Trump on Friday also said the helicopter was flying to high although it wasn't immediately clear if his comments came in response to the New York Times piece or from an official briefing. "The Blackhawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot. It was far above the 200-foot limit. That's not really too complicated to understand, is it?," Trump wrote Truth social media platform. Authorities have confirmed Air Traffic Controller staffing within the airport's tower was "not normal" on the night of the collision. Almost one year ago, the FAA launched a program to recruit and retain new air traffic controllers in an effort to curb high attrition and transfer rates in the profession across the country.
