only possibility i can see anyway... unless he's simply lying that is
Posted on 07/10/2013 4:38:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The pilot at the helm of the Asiana Airlines flight told investigators he saw a flash of light while trying to land the plane and was temporarily blinded, National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Debbie Hersman said on Wednesday
“We really don’t know what it could’ve been,” Hersman said when asked if the flash could’ve been a laser of some type.
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The one from the indicator saying “you’re too low dummy”
Lying to save your butt from criminal prosecution isn’t a uniquely Asian trait.
It would depend on the power of the laser and the beam width at the plane.
The lasers seen in Egypt are little low power laser pointers with beam width of a few inches at a distance.
A high power laser with a wide beam width at target distance. As in wide enough to cover the entire cockpit window. Then the pilots are not going to see crap, no mater how hard they try and squint their eyes.
we call it the SUN
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only possibility i can see anyway... unless he's simply lying that is
Was that his career flashing before his eyes?
IBM (In Before Mockery!)
Oooooops, sorry, I’m late.
that is very likely
That “developing situation” started in Seoul, Korea when the pilots were planning the flight. In my opinion, the error chain began there with a poorly matched check pilot (trainer) and a weak Captain and crew. Most likely, the crew missed the fact that the ILS approach facilities were out of service for 28L and 28R. Knowing this, they would have had a flight across the entire Pacific Ocean to plan a non precision approach using the excellent Flight Management Computer to build an approach with alignment and glide path information that could have been autopilot coupled and flown to 300 or 400 feet. “Flash of Light”? I sincerely doubt it.
Bingo.
We used five elements of CRM/CLR.
Inquiry...what is happening here?
Advocacy...should you do this? Better to do this way?
Conflict Resolution...talk it over..
Decision Making...Captain’s decision based on crew input.
Critique...How did we do? How could we have done it better?
Works every time and not just in Flying! I doubt that the CVR will reveal anything of the above, in translation.
I probably talked to you a few times inbound to SFO. Thanks for your doing a good job!
I am quite aware of what you say in your first sentence and I am still calling it B*ll-SH*T.
Your last sentence is the bell ringer. Every pilot has a first time at an airport new to them; sometimes they blow it, accidents happen.
There is no need to look for a conspiracy or evil intent here; not saying the allegation shouldn’t be checked out, but I have a hard time buying into it.
Just makes more sense, considering the circumstances and the timeing of the accident that the pilot is trying to cover his ass. Don’t blame him for the effort to duck and cover; it is his career and professional standing, an incident like this would put his lively hood in jeopardy.
Perhaps he saw a reflection off the water or some other object that distracted him but I don’t think he got hit by a laser, particularly a white laser.
Always think about the fact that this guy was relatively unfamiliar with this aircraft, it was a new airport to him and he gets paid to not get distracted.
I don’t know. I will try not to speculate until the final report comes out. No one except the investigators can determine whether pilot error or mechanical failure is to blame yet.
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