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kilo delta
February 10th, 2011, 04:21
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0210/cork.html

6 killed. RIP
Bjoern
February 10th, 2011, 07:02
Ouch.

Well, at least there are survivors.
Bone
February 10th, 2011, 08:16
from the looks of the fire damage, i'd say they were pretty low on fuel...which is fortunate for the six survivors
kilo delta
February 10th, 2011, 08:24
More info here... http://www.avherald.com/h?article=4379bc53&opt=0

Aircraft was on a scheduled flight from Belfast to Cork. There was very dense fog at EICK this morning which resulted in the aircraft flying 2 missed approaches. Apparently, during the 3rd approach the aircraft came in too fast, bounced and rolled on it's back. Amazing that anyone survived.
stuartcox
February 10th, 2011, 11:06
The pilot tried the second approach from the opposite direction, and aborted the landing.
On his third approach he tried the planned landing again...
Would the second failed landing not have been enough to divert the plane?
kilo delta
February 10th, 2011, 11:10
Would the second failed landing not have been enough to divert the plane?

Depends on his companies operational procedures....multiple approaches in poor visibility are very common.
n4gix
February 10th, 2011, 11:25
RIP for those killed. It's a real shame that the typical trolls have to post their ignorant comments in those linked articles though... :ipepsi2:
Bjoern
February 10th, 2011, 13:48
RIP for those killed. It's a real shame that the typical trolls have to post their ignorant comments in those linked articles though... :ipepsi2:

You read comments to articles; especially news articles? :d