Russian 737 Down at KZN

[benb172]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/17/world/europe/russia-jetliner-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

50 Feared Dead.

 

[marcoseddi]

its a shame.

 

[DaytonaLynn]

+ 1 its a shame

 

[35 AoA]

Sad to hear. FSB chief on board......coincidence? I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but I wouldn't put anything past that group of people

 

[olasek]

Sad to hear. FSB chief on board......

..and the son of the governor of the republic.

 

[ainokea]

Doesn't look like it was trying to land to me. Looks more like a dive bomb.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b12_1384773205

 

[Skylane81E]

Doesn't look like it was trying to land to me. Looks more like a dive bomb.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b12_1384773205

Woah!

 

[Henning]

Looks like there was a small explosion before it hit.

 

[No Joy]

Looks like there was a small explosion before it hit.

Possibly. Explosion or strobe light?

 

[benb172]

Woah!

Yeah, That is quite the dive.

 

[olasek]

Looks like there was a small explosion before it hit.

From this film I can't see a sign of explosion before it hit the ground.

 

[Henning]

From this film I can't see a sign of explosion before it hit the ground.

0:04 on the Live Leak video above.

 

[Henning]

Possibly. Explosion or strobe light?

hard to say either way.

 

[N801BH]

Doesn't look like it was trying to land to me. Looks more like a dive bomb.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b12_1384773205

Bitchin Betty must have been screaming.. PULL UP, TERRAIN.........

 

[N801BH]

Possibly. Explosion or strobe light?

Strobe light for sure...

 

[Pilawt]

Yikes. Reminds me of the Alaska MD-80 that lost pitch control in cruise and went into the Pacific off L.A. a few years back.

 

[olasek]

I think it's a plausible geometry .. which by the way helps estimate speed at the moment of crash - a mere 80-120 kts

 

[3393RP]

Looks like there was a small explosion before it hit.

Pretty sure you are seeing compressor stalls.

You can see the reflections of two more flashes on the wet ramp before the aircraft enters the frame along with a third that occurs at the same time as the flash on the airframe.

The location of the flash on the airframe makes this a good possibility.

 

[kyleb]

Pretty sure you are seeing compressor stalls.

You can see the reflections of two more flashes on the wet ramp before the aircraft enters the frame along with a third that occurs at the same time as the flash on the airframe.

The location of the flash on the airframe makes this a good possibility.

At first, I thought it was something unusual, but the more times I watch the more it looks like strobes.

 

[35 AoA]

Yeah and I will retract my previous......sounds like it was a local FSB chief, not the big man himself. I'd be willing to accept that as coincidence