New video released of the Aeroflot 1492 crash in Moscow

[brooklynite]

Apparently it bounced off the runway after the first touchdown.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Looks like they came in hot, but couldn't control the landing...

...it "ballooned" 3x with the last instance gaining 75-100 ft before stalling and smashing into the tarmac. The bigger question is, why did they come in so hot?

[brooklynite]

3. Prospectively, they didn't feel they could control the aircraft long enough to jettison fuel.

[LisaL]

5. It just took off and got struck by lightning.

So they were returning to the airport and the plane was too heavy because it had a lot of fuel. Plane being too heavy sounds to be the reason for pilots not being able to control the landing and the plane bouncing and catching on fire.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. A heavy landing would require more speed. The plane should settle down if the speed was correct...

.... for the current landing weight with takeoff fuel included.


They should have gone around on the first bounce. If the plane wants to fly, forcing it on the ground is a bad idea and can lead to porpoising seen in the video.

The plane lost its autopilot from the lightning strike. I assume part of that loss would include the auto-throttles that pilots rely on to set their speed up on approach.

Coupled with the fact other “fly by wire” systems were disabled, it was all on the pilots to hand fly the landing.

[CatMor]

2. Wow .....

that had to be absolutely terrifying for the passengers. What caused the pilots to lose such control during the landing.

[LisaL]

6. It was an emergency landing and plane was too heavy because it had a lot of fuel.

It didn't dump the fuel.

[CatMor]

8. Thank you, that explains it ....

was there an explanation why they couldn't dump the fuel?

[EX500rider]

9. They were circling over Moscow I believe. nt

[LisaL]

10. I believe they only circled one time before landing.

Not sure why they did't dump the fuel.

[EX500rider]

11. You have to be over the ocean or non-occupied land to dump fuel...can't dump on a city nt

[Blue_Tires]

4. jesus...