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on: 04-15-2014
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This is what happens when a 1971 Toyota Celica ST is struck by the left Rolls Royce RB-211 jet engine from a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. |
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4-15-2014 @ 11:07:16 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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This accident occurred in Dallas, TX on August 2, 1985. The plane attempted to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in the middle of a severe thunderstorm, when a sudden downburst forced the plane down 6,300 feet north of the end of the runway, in a field across Texas Highway 114 from the airport. The plane bounced up and came back down on the highway, hitting this car. It then struck a light pole, igniting the wing-mounted fuel tank, before skidding onto the airfield and colliding with two 4 million gallon water tanks and exploding.
The 28-year old man in the Celica was the only ground fatality (decapitation). 136 of the 163 people on board the plane were also killed.
[Edited by Skid on 4-15-2014 @ 11:08:56 PM]
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4-15-2014 @ 11:22:52 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKwyU1RwPto
The grey area on the animation indicates the downdraft the plane flew into. Known as a "microburst" these sudden and powerful downdrafts are particularly dangerous because not only do they push the plane downwards, but the action of the air flowing over the wings in the opposite direction the plane is flying as it exits essentially robs it of lift. If it happens too close to the ground, the crew will not have enough altitude to recover.
The captain on that particular flight was not at the controls, his F/O was flying the plane. He seemed to be aware of what was happening when he starts calling out "you're gonna lose it" (airspeed) and "push it way up" (advance throttles to max) and calling for TOGA (Take off, go around) as they ran out of altitude.
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