No explosion - since they were out of fuel. This allowed for some lives to
be spared.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 12:26 AM, clay via Mercedes
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> Medellin is 4900’ above MSL, plane had 4k to hit the ground. City is in a
> valley surrounded by mountains.
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> clay
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Medellin is 4900’ above MSL, plane had 4k to hit the ground. City is in a
valley surrounded by mountains.
clay
> On Nov 30, 2016, at 5:10 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
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>> On November 30, 2016 at 8:03 PM OK Don via Mercedes
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An early report said the plane made several circles and then crashed.
If they were in a holding pattern while low on fuel, that explains a lot.
> On November 30, 2016 at 8:21 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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> They had circled the airport several times, as the
They would have been descending from 30,000-35,000 feet typically for
awhile. They wouldn't want to be too high that close to the airport. Some
jets have APUs (auxiliary power unit) that might or might not have it's own
fuel supply, but I don't know what the operating procedures are for them.
On
They had circled the airport several times, as the weather was crappy and
Medellin is a real nightmare of an airport to fly in and out of due to
elevation and the presence of mountains, I believe.
It’s 7,027 feet AMSL.
Dan
On Nov 30, 2016, at 8:10 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On November 30, 2016 at 8:03 PM OK Don via Mercedes
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> That would be 9000' MSL - mean sea level. I don't have a clue what the
> ground level altitude is there, nor what was between them and the airport.
Maybe they'd been gliding quite some time to have
That would be 9000' MSL - mean sea level. I don't have a clue what the
ground level altitude is there, nor what was between them and the airport.
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> "A female controller could be heard giving instructions as
Uh, yeah, the Andes are over 9k ft in many places, some up to 20kft or
more. I don't know about that area but 9000ft doesn't get you much as
they found out.
--FT
On 11/30/16 6:55 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:
"A female controller could be heard giving instructions as the aircraft lost
"A female controller could be heard giving instructions as the aircraft lost
speed and altitude about eight miles from the Medellin airport. Just before
going silent the pilot said he was flying at an altitude at 9,000 feet."
9000' AGL should be an easy enough glide for only 8 miles, assuming you
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pilot-told-colombia-controllers-no-fuel-before-crash/ar-AAkW1Pr?li=BBmkt5R=spartanntp
"Before being taken offline, the website of LaMia, the Bolivian-based
charter company, said the Avro RJ85 jetliner's maximum range was 2,965
kilometers (1,600 nautical
From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net
A Mu2 crashed the other day in the woods near the airport here killing one
our senators son. Have not heard about one crashing in a while. I have
flown a lot on one of them back in the early 90s.
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