"...which broke the third left wing..." 
How many wings does a Tu-154 have????
Posted on 05/13/2010 2:11:09 AM PDT by theanchoragedailyruse
When the presidential Tupolev Tu-154 began to fall on the road to the airport in Smolensk, he needed even less than 5 seconds, or about 400 meters to back off the ground. This just run out. As is clear from the records of the test in Poland airplane black box.
As he says, "Official Legal Newspaper," when the pilot Arkadiusz Protasiuk realized that it is too close to the ground, trying to pick up the machine. Reached 60 percent. power, which is confirmed by witnesses interviewed by the Russian prosecutor's office who have heard them howl when the plane flew over the road. To obtain maximum power and phase transition in the air landing dostartu Tu-154 still needed less than 5 seconds or 400 meters. If this maneuver is successful, the aircraft were to land on its belly, which would save his passengers.
However, the plane hit a tree, which broke the third left wing. Then there was no escape. Presidential Tupolev began to rotate to the left and struck the ground tail.
The ground elevation at the 1200 meter mark was still sloping upwards.
At 1200 meters from the runway, the pilot is cropping the top of a tree 8 meters high.
"...which broke the third left wing..." How many wings does a Tu-154 have????
google translation...
They meant one third of the left wing section.
He should have disregarded the VIP pressure to "must land here" -- and flown to his alternate airport--thus landing safely. When the weather at Smolensk clears up--voila! -- we all get to go to the party.
Instead he makes multiple instrument approaches in weather that is "below minimums" -- inadequate visibility due to the fog.
After flying several hours enroute --AND -- conducting several approaches at the urging of his important ( non-pilot) VIP passengers -- I seriously doubt that sufficient fuel remained for diverting to the alternante at that point in time.
Ergo... inclement weather -- low on fuel -- the crew had to "go for it"---Sad.... Avoidable.... Unnecessary.
Everyone dies....
"Get There-itis" .... is often a fatal brain inflammation.
Leaving an imbalance with the five right wings...
At least three.
Tu-154’s only have left wings...
I love Google translations!
I guess you missed Russian ATC telling him the visibilty was 5km haze and baro reading of 744mm Hg when it was actually 768mm Hg.
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