• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Yeah unless they were out of fuel, isn’t the procedure to… Orbit and use nearly all fuel?

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      3 months ago

      If they had the bird strike like they announced, it might stop their engines mid go-around, what is really bad spot to be in

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        3 months ago

        Got it, I assumed the mentioned bird strike related specifically to the nosecone area and the front landing gear, but engine fidelity remained. Again, an assumption based on my first read

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      3 months ago

      Given that it is only a 2-jet aircraft, I doubt a go-around would have been possible post-birdstrike.

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        3 months ago

        Interesting, can you elaborate? As in they don’t have power for a go around?

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          3 months ago

          By the time that they realized the landing gear failed, they were likely only a 300-800 meters off the ground. While its certainly not impossible to do a go-around on one engine in a 737, the pilots likely feared they wouldn’t have enough thrust, and they would be better off attempting to land without landing gear which the aircraft is certainly capable of doing. It’s also possible both engines were down, in which case they wouldn’t have had much of a choice.