An aviation expert with more than 30,000 flight hours says it is “very rare” for an aircraft to end up upside down in a crash, as was the case with a Delta Air Lines plane that flipped on the tarmac at Toronto’s Pearson Airport Monday. J.
An aviation expert with more than 30,000 flight hours says it is “very rare” for an aircraft to end up upside down in a crash, as was the case with a Delta Air Lines plane that flipped on the tarmac at Toronto’s Pearson Airport Monday.
Joseph says high winds, especially crosswinds that blow perpendicular to the plane, could “present certain challenges to pilots” as they try to navigate the landing at Pearson Airport. But Joseph says it is unlikely that was a factor in the crash, given that air-traffic control is exceptionally skilled at planning adequate space between planes to prevent too much impact from wake turbulence, adding that the strong winds would present a bigger risk.
“I've got 30,000 hours of flying airplanes. It never gets easy. I don't care how much experience you have. Every set of circumstances is different, and the conditions change very dynamically.”"For an aircraft, particularly a large transport-category airplane, to end up in under those circumstances — upside down — is rather rare," he says."It has happened in the past, but I will tell you candidly, it is very rare.
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