(Assuming the math is correct:) That's the average speed over that distance. The plane would have been slowing down the whole time.
(Assuming the math is correct:) That's the average speed over that distance. The plane would have been slowing down the whole time.
So if we know the landing speed (which should come out of the flight data recorder), we'll know the terminal velocity given the average speed (distance/time) which is determinable from the video.
No doubt Jeju 2216 was moving hot, but a longer run could have bled off far more speed, and kinetic energy is based on velocity squared, so every bit helps a lot.
Or as an adult. I am on a diet though.
And good news! A fully-loaded 737-800 has a maximum takeoff weight of less than 80 tonnes, not thousands, so your challenge is much more attainable!
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In the video it looked like the plane was only running on the rear landing gears, I assume with no brakes applied, since that would've caused it to violently pitch down I assume. Only in the last bit did it pitch down and started scraping along the runway. It certainly doesn't look like it was efficiently shedding speed (but looks can be deceiving).
Are we talking about the same crash? In the video I have seen[1] the plane appears to be on its belly dragging on the runway.
As you can see, it actually isn't touching the ground for quite some time, it looks like it because one of the engines is smoking and the plane is throwing up dust etc from the ground as it floats above. Pure guessing on my part as someone who isn't involved in aviation but spent a good 6 hours looking into this crash: Pilots tried to go around, put the plane in go around config, couldn't, didn't know what to do, and watched the berm come at them. Extremely sad.
How both engines failed? We won't know til blackbox I guess, either pilot error or the bird strike was nuts and took out both engines, also some speculation the go around thrust caused a compressor stall. It looks to my uneducated eyes, from the first video, the left engine is not in great shape. Either way, very awful situation.
[1]https://s.france24.com/media/display/579312a0-c8cb-11ef-81bd...
Minor nit, I believe it’s called the teardrop go around for such cases. You also have the impossible turn which is meant typically for engine/power failure during takeoff, and it actually is possible to be safely done - as demonstrated by the former ALPA Air Safety Institute Senior VP Richard McSpadden in one of his YouTube videos.
However, it can be deceptively difficult to have the right conditions to pull it off - as demonstrated by the ironically fatal crash that killed Commander (Ret) McSpadden (though iirc it was not clear if he was flying the craft at the time).
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I don't know if we could expect the pilot to know about or expect the barrier there.
If the birds either took out both engines or engine 1 stalled under the load of engine 2 surging and dying (apparently common) - it seems to me they had no good options but to execute that tear drop turn that is apparently VERY MUCH not recommended as it's very very hard (but they did it) and get the plane down asap asap. Provided it's not pilot error and they shut down engine 1 in a panic by mistake (has happened before, fatally) - it seems they could very well have just gotten a very very very very bad, unlikely but possible, series of events. Makes me sad.
But it's definitely part of the program.
They must also sit on the tarmac post heavy braking and the brakes must not burst into flames.
Commercial jet aircraft utilise thrust reversers, speed (or air) brakes (usually control surfaces which can extend out from the aircraft fuselage or wings), and landing gear brakes.
The latter are not insignificant, but thrust reversers and speed brakes are major contributors, especially immediately after touchdown.
There's also the effect of spoilers which increase the load over the gear and hence the braking capabilities of landing gear brakes.
Jeju 2216 failed to utilise nearly all of these mechanisms. It landed without flaps, spoilers, or gear, and possibly w/o thrust reversers.
That's a lot of weight but nothing crazy, so on a dry runway wheel brakes alone are more than enough to stop normally. They would also wear out a lot, overheat and occasionally ignite if used like that, so that's what thrust reversers are for.