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Another one goes down in Columbia.

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23 December 2016, 03:37
surestrike
Another one goes down in Columbia.
727 take off overrun and subsequent fireball.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkiY2ejc8lQ



23 December 2016, 23:55
PSmith
What do you think happened to cause that?

Merry Christmas to you and yours.


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24 December 2016, 01:43
Opus1
Gravity


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24 December 2016, 04:12
PSmith
Opus, that cracked me up. Merry Christmas.


Paul Smith
SCI Life Member
NRA Life Member
DSC Member
Life Member of the "I Can't Wait to Get Back to Africa" Club
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I had the privilege to fire E. Hemingway's WR .577NE, E. Keith's WR .470NE, & F. Jamieson's WJJ .500 Jeffery
I strongly recommend avoidance of "The Zambezi Safari & Travel Co., Ltd." and "Pisces Sportfishing-Cabo San Lucas"

"A failed policy of national defense is its own punishment" Otto von Bismarck
24 December 2016, 04:31
wwgreener
Maybe they could have gone straight ahead and gained altitude. Alfully slow for a steep turn back towards the airport. But who knows.
24 December 2016, 05:51
Opus1
quote:
Originally posted by PSmith:
Opus, that cracked me up. Merry Christmas.


And to you and yours as well.


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24 December 2016, 11:22
JJB
quote:
Originally posted by Opus1:
Gravity
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24 December 2016, 11:25
surestrike
quote:
Originally posted by PSmith:
What do you think happened to cause that?

Merry Christmas to you and yours.


I don't know.

Possible scenarios could include overweight, improper flap setting, improper power setting, loss of one or more engines...

Hard to say. But I will say those kids on the bikes were lucky they were off to the side of the departure path!!

And merry Christmas to you guys too.



26 December 2016, 02:33
TCLouis
For the knowledgeable here a I pose this for speculation . . .

What if they had maintained straight out or slight left or right turn, instead of what looked like a "gotta get back to the airport" turn?

It looked like they were gaining altitude albeit slow gain until they initiated the turn.



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26 December 2016, 08:49
surestrike
quote:
Originally posted by TCLouis:
For the knowledgeable here a I pose this for speculation . . .

What if they had maintained straight out or slight left or right turn, instead of what looked like a "gotta get back to the airport" turn?

It looked like they were gaining altitude albeit slow gain until they initiated the turn.


I'm guessing they had a control failure. That steep turn at the end looks like a mechanical problem to me. The fence posts probably pierced the wings knocking out hydraulics and punching holes in the fuel tanks. Maybe even tearing out direct control cables.