Pilot's frantic call during last moments of Learjet crash in Florida
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I regret having listened to this.
It was heartbreaking and gut wrenching.
It was heartbreaking and gut wrenching.
yep, my heart goes out to them and all the families of those who were lost.
It is a sad thing you cannot 'unhear'.
It reinforces why planes, large and small, always strive to steer clear of precipitation, particularly thunderstorms.
This plane was going though turbulence that was bouncing them in 700' cycles.
Thunderstorms can have major locallized vertical winds than can shear planes that might pass the boundary zones.
And the up drafts can drive the tops of these storms higher than a lot of other precipitation that you can pretty much fly over in a jet.
The up drafts can also bring water droplets with it, so you can be in way cold high altitude, and bang, all of a sudden you have wing icing.
NTSB will be final arbitter, but I bet all of the above factors come into play here.
It reinforces why planes, large and small, always strive to steer clear of precipitation, particularly thunderstorms.
This plane was going though turbulence that was bouncing them in 700' cycles.
Thunderstorms can have major locallized vertical winds than can shear planes that might pass the boundary zones.
And the up drafts can drive the tops of these storms higher than a lot of other precipitation that you can pretty much fly over in a jet.
The up drafts can also bring water droplets with it, so you can be in way cold high altitude, and bang, all of a sudden you have wing icing.
NTSB will be final arbitter, but I bet all of the above factors come into play here.
Despite their last few moments on earth being filled with terror, at least their death was almost certainly instantaneous.
I agree. I have to think going out that way is totally painless. You're instantly gone. Yes the last few minutes of terror were probably hard, but at the same time they probably had so much going on in there heads it also probably went quick.
Definitely. No matter how much I wish I could. Absolutely devastating thing to listen to
