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Non-USA resident here. Can someone explain all the four-letter news station names to me? Why not brand them with something more memorable / locally nuanced?
why don't they land on the tail instead of the nose? Seems a lot less risky to drag the back than scrape the front - which can flip the plane Is it simply the center of gravity? (engines look like they're behind)
They do align the plane as much as they can to keep the nose off the ground for as long as they can.
But yes, it's the total center of gravity, it can't land on the tail.
You could bring up ALL the gear but then you have no control and it will almost certainly veer off the runway and then it may break apart.
why don't they land on the tail instead of the nose? Seems a lot less risky to drag the back than scrape the front - which can flip the plane Is it simply the center of gravity? (engines look like they're behind)
In a gear abnormal, land on what you have and the outcome is almost always great for the occupants.
Any injuries are likely to be from the evacuation after everything is stopped.
Non-USA resident here. Can someone explain all the four-letter news station names to me? Why not brand them with something more memorable / locally nuanced?
The FCC licenses are given with those station identifying letters and there’s a requirement to broadcast the station ID periodically. Many stations have an additional brand (often “Fox Boston”), but they still have to use the FCC ID as well. One of my favorite station IDs was an independent local analog UHF channel 56 with call letters WLVI. I heard those letters for years before I realized it was 56 in Roman numeral…
You can think of it as the "smash like and subscribe" of the radio days!
why don't they land on the tail instead of the nose? Seems a lot less risky to drag the back than scrape the front - which can flip the plane Is it simply the center of gravity? (engines look like they're behind)
This is an almost 23 year old plane. Even with checks and maintenance, was age a factor?
This isn't common, but it's pretty routine. Pilots are trained for this, and the aircraft are designed to handle the stress.
>the aircraft are designed to handle the stress. I was somewhat thinking of the passengers.
Everything that happened was well within the stress tolerance parameters of the majority of involved humans as well.
They only circled around for a few minutes?
That landing was so smooth it makes you wonder if front landing gear is even necessary at all!
Earlier quoted context omitted.
>the aircraft are designed to handle the stress. I was somewhat thinking of the passengers.
Mechanical stress, they mean.