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Air Disasters – American Airlines Flight 1420

As the aircraft approached Runway 4R, a severe thunderstorm arrived over the airport. The controller’s last report, prior to the landing, stated that the winds were 330 degrees at 28 knots. That exceeded the MD-82′s crosswind limit, for landing in reduced visibility on a wet runway. With that information, plus two wind shear reports, the approach should have been abandoned at that point. But, the captain decided to continue his approach to Runway 4R. During their rush to land as soon as …

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11 Responses to “Air Disasters – American Airlines Flight 1420”

  1. delanyify says:

    it would have been better if you include the cvr (cockpit voice recorder)

  2. TexDublee says:

    The windshear wasn’t a problem.
    If the pilots had put out the spoilers, the aircraft would have been decreasing his speed.

  3. vanillaphantom82 says:

    no wonder the plane crashed the pilots flying like he’s in a dogfight over normandy according to that sim!!!!!!!!!

  4. Spartan00000000 says:

    Where’s the crash?! These simulations are really lame.

  5. leonelp51 says:

    un can find it in Avsim(dot)com or simviation(dot)com is the FFX/SGA MD80

  6. xbox360nicster says:

    Fuck allah

  7. nonacolton says:

    where did you get the plane

  8. yahoovisitor says:

    31:6-7 But there are, among men, those who purchase idle tales, without knowledge (or meaning), to mislead (men) from the Path of Allah and throw ridicule (on the Path): for such there will be a Humiliating Penalty. When Our Signs are rehearsed to such a one, he turns away in arrogance, as if he heard them not, as if there were deafness in both his ears: announce to him a grievous Penalty
    This was predicted 1400 yrs back.How man violates from nature & why. Earth
    may be destroyed due to this way

  9. apakiboi says:

    woow cool vid i made a first reconstruction plz check it out i will post respons plz accept it

  10. 34VR9054 says:

    Flight Simulator X

  11. emopiglet288 says:

    Great Reconstruction!