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Asiana pilot says saw flash of light during landing
Politico ^ | 7/10/13 7:13 PM EDT | KEVIN ROBILLARD |

Posted on 07/10/2013 4:38:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin

The one from the indicator saying “you’re too low dummy”


41 posted on 07/10/2013 6:25:17 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: IamConservative

Lying to save your butt from criminal prosecution isn’t a uniquely Asian trait.


42 posted on 07/10/2013 6:42:22 PM PDT by frickin_frackin
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To: eartrumpet

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.


43 posted on 07/10/2013 6:45:57 PM PDT by Rage cat
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To: BenLurkin

we call it the SUN


44 posted on 07/10/2013 6:47:02 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Chode

bump


45 posted on 07/10/2013 6:48:15 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL
only possibility i can see anyway... unless he's simply lying that is
46 posted on 07/10/2013 7:02:02 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: BenLurkin

Was that his career flashing before his eyes?


47 posted on 07/10/2013 7:03:12 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: BenLurkin

IBM (In Before Mockery!)

Oooooops, sorry, I’m late.


48 posted on 07/10/2013 7:04:40 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Chode

that is very likely


49 posted on 07/10/2013 7:08:34 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: exDemMom

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.


50 posted on 07/10/2013 7:24:28 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: BatGuano

Bingo.


51 posted on 07/10/2013 7:28:03 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Jayster

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!


52 posted on 07/10/2013 8:09:18 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: Zhang Fei

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.


53 posted on 07/10/2013 9:02:39 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: BatGuano

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.


54 posted on 07/11/2013 3:27:15 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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