Delta plane upside down in Toronto

[maumann]

Pure conjecture, but that looks like a CRJ (that's Delta's typical Canadian equipment). Perhaps the landing was just off the centerline enough -- and if there was a cross wind -- to where one of the landing gear or a wing strut caught the edge of the runway and started a slow barrel roll? That might account for the loss of wings and tail. The fuselage would be just one aluminum cigar at that point, with the nosegear still attached.

(EDIT: "Reports indicate the aircraft experienced a flap actuator failure, causing a hard landing that led to the plane overturning near the runway. The aircraft involved in the crash is Mitsubishi CRJ900, registered as N932XJ. Further, it is a 15.6-year-old aircraft and has been with Delta Connection since 2013. The aircraft is powered by Two GE CF34-8C5 engines.")

Airplane seatbelts aren't really designed to keep you in your seat when you're upside down, and I can only imagine the stuff inside the cabin acting as projectiles at that point. Sending prayers to those injured. And I have no idea if the flight crew ever practices an emergency exit with the plane upside down, but they obviously did a tremendous job under difficult circumstances.

 

[Batman]

The pilot?

 

[Twirling Time]

I would've guessed Rollin' Ryan Preece.

 

[Typist Clerk]

Maumann does it again. A couple of experts on NBC speculated tonight the right wing hit the runway because of the crosswinds and that set the plane rotating. A computer simulation was shown.

 

[maumann]

Maumann does it again. A couple of experts on NBC speculated tonight the right wing hit the runway because of the crosswinds and that set the plane rotating. A computer simulation was shown.

I have enough experience over the course of my career in things that go boom to have a puncher's chance at being somewhere in the ballpark. Curiosity is never a bad thing.

That, and a veteran reporter's knowledge that goes a mile wide and an inch deep, with the exception of race car history and safety, which I'm afraid I know quite too much about. And an unhealthy love for the Detroit Tigers.

 

[MileHigh]

We may need a running plane crash thread at this rate

Please, no. Still lots of PTSD and scar tissue here. I can barely read these things.

Carry on.

 

[maumann]

Please, no. Still lots of PTSD and scar tissue here. I can barely read these things.

Carry on.

You're the first person in my thoughts every time something pops up like this.

 

[MileHigh]

You're the first person in my thoughts every time something pops up like this.

Appreciate you and that sentiment. Not trying to be a Debbie Downer, but, yeah, 7.5 years later, this shirt is still real to me. D.C. Toronto. Some obscure place no one talks about. Still jarring. Sounds like no deaths, thank goodness.

 

[Twirling Time]

This one's a weird one. For a plane to lose its tail and both wings it had to do a complete 360 and then another 180 to land on its back.

 

[Hermes]

I just need a Maumann thread on all things mechanical. The racing thread and this have been incredibly compelling.

 

[swingline]

@maumann sells himself short. He's also well-versed in the criminal justice system.

 

[UNCGrad]

@maumann sells himself short. He's also well-versed in the criminal justice system.

Some hellacious writing in those posts. Amazing stuff.