• Re: Essendon King Air Crash

    From Daryl@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Mar 12 10:27:21 2023
    On 12/3/2023 5:25 am, Rod Speed wrote:
    https://7plus.com.au/code-1-minute-by-minute?episode-id=MINM02-006&autoplay=true
    https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2017/aair/ao-2017-024


    Despite what the report stated I think that the putting a shopping
    centre on what was previously airport land contributed to the
    fatalities, the aircraft would of still crashed but with nothing to hit
    the aircraft may have been able to make a crash landing with minimal
    injuries, saying that it may have landed on the freeway is utter
    nonsense when the photos show that it was well past the freeway when it
    went down.

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    Daryl


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  • From Sylvia Else@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Mar 12 14:22:36 2023
    On 12-Mar-23 5:25 am, Rod Speed wrote:
    https://7plus.com.au/code-1-minute-by-minute?episode-id=MINM02-006&autoplay=true
    https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2017/aair/ao-2017-024


    Is there a particular reason you're mentioning this now?

    Sylvia.

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  • From Daryl@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Mar 12 22:37:28 2023
    On 12/3/2023 10:42 am, Rod Speed wrote:
    Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote

    https://7plus.com.au/code-1-minute-by-minute?episode-id=MINM02-006&autoplay=true
    https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2017/aair/ao-2017-024

    Despite what the report stated I think that the putting a shopping
    centre on what was previously airport land contributed to the
    fatalities,˙ the aircraft would of still crashed but with nothing to hit

    It would have hit the very busy freeway instead.

    the aircraft may have been able to make a crash landing with minimal
    injuries,

    Don't buy that given what would have been there instead.

    saying that it may have landed on the freeway is utter nonsense when
    the photos show that it was well past the freeway when it went down.

    That's not what the dashcam footage shows or what the fella
    in the video says heat wise.


    I just had another look at the picture in the report then a map to get
    my head around which way the aircraft took off, looks like he took off
    towards the south which is unusual and why initially I thought he was
    going the other direction away from the freeway.
    Winds in that area are mostly north or west which is why it seems
    unusual that the take off was to the south.
    My older sisters in laws used to live right on the eastern end of the
    east west runway on Fenacre St and there was viewing area where anyone
    can see the end of the runway, when I was a teenager I used to go there
    and watch the planes takeoff and land and it was very rare that they
    took off to the south or east.


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    Daryl


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  • From Daryl@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Mar 13 14:31:10 2023
    On 13/3/2023 3:42 am, Rod Speed wrote:
    Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote
    Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> wrote
    Rod Speed wrote

    https://7plus.com.au/code-1-minute-by-minute?episode-id=MINM02-006&autoplay=true
    https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2017/aair/ao-2017-024

    Despite what the report stated I think that the putting a shopping
    centre on what was previously airport land contributed to the
    fatalities,˙ the aircraft would of still crashed but with nothing to
    hit
    ˙It would have hit the very busy freeway instead.

    the aircraft may have been able to make a crash landing with minimal
    injuries,
    ˙Don't buy that given what would have been there instead.

    saying that it may have landed on the freeway is utter nonsense when
    the photos show that it was well past the freeway when it went down.
    ˙That's not what the dashcam footage shows or what the fella
    in the video says heat wise.


    I just had another look at the picture in the report then a map to get
    my head around which way the aircraft took off, looks like he took off
    towards the south which is unusual and why initially I thought he was
    going the other direction away from the freeway.

    Winds in that area are mostly north or west

    I have never bought claims like that.

    Its not a claim, I've lived in NW Melbourne for 70yrs and that's the way
    the wind blows.
    According to the BOM as I'm typing this the winds at Essendon airport
    are from the west at 4kts.


    which is why it seems unusual that the take off was to the south.

    My older sisters in laws used to live right on the eastern end of the
    east west runway on Fenacre St and there was viewing area where anyone
    can see the end of the runway, when I was a teenager I used to go
    there and watch the planes takeoff and land and it was very rare that
    they took off to the south or east.

    But given that he was headed to King Island, and that is south
    of Melburg, it isn't surprising that he chose to head south.

    I'm not a pilot but AFAIK planes usually take off into the wind
    regardless of where they are heading so there was either very little
    wind or there was a southerly which is unusual.


    --
    Daryl


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