Another Sad Day For Aviation

[gojozoom]

A Dash-8 crashed in PNG leaving 28 dead. Both pilots survived (an Australian and a New Zealander). Do we know any details?

Dan

[Ian Warren]

One person here that could shed some light on conditions , used to fly around this area is Waka172 , ex Dash8 pilot for PNG only returning home recent .

[waka172rg]

It will be interesting to find what happened here its relatively flat with hills/mountains on the out skirts.
You get violent thunderstorms / embedded thunderstorms all the time either go into a hold or if safe enuff try
to make visual follow the river around to the threshold. Sounds like they wer enroute to madang.

[connor]

Very strange for the two pilots to survive but not the majority of the passengers. Maybe indicates a fire.

[victor_alpha_charlie]

QUOTE (connor @ Oct 15 2011,10:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Maybe indicates a fire.

Evidence?

[connor]

QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ Oct 15 2011,11:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Evidence?

No, there hasn't been any mention of a fire but it seems strange that the two people sitting at the front of the plane survived and many in the cabin didn't.

[FlyingKiwi]

That's not uncommon in air accidents - the nose area isn't always the first part to hit the ground, and the pilots are usually better restrained than the passengers.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (FlyingKiwi @ Oct 16 2011,10:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That's not uncommon in air accidents - the nose area isn't always the first part to hit the ground, and the pilots are usually better restrained than the passengers.

also adding , the terrain is also a large factor , so rugged in that area , cross a knoll and you survive , only that second counts