When aviation photography goes wrong!

Nforce

I remember hearing about this when it happened.Must have been a terrifying experience for the pax.:eek:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/06/bored-raf-pilot-sent-187-passengers-nosedive-playing-camera/

martinsvi

I didn't realize an Airbus will allow you to push the nose down past a safe envelope, is this a military thing maybe? I know C17 will allow to do a "tactical descent'' of 20000ft/min but then you really have to push the nose down and open reversers..

I also didn't realize that a max rate of descent at 15000ft/min (taken from other resources) will glue you to the ceiling? I thought those zero-g flights "fall" at about same rate which only allows you float around for a bit, but doesn't pin you down. Strange reading anyway and leaves me wondering how much of that is true and how much of that is interpretation from the journalists side..

Nforce

Haven't had a chance to read these yet, but here's the final reports into the inquiry

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/service-inquiry-incident-involving-voyager-zz333-on-9-february-2014

Nforce

martinsvi wrote: »

I also didn't realize that a max rate of descent at 15000ft/min (taken from other resources) will glue you to the ceiling? I thought those zero-g flights "fall" at about same rate which only allows you float around for a bit, but doesn't pin you down. Strange reading anyway and leaves me wondering how much of that is true and how much of that is interpretation from the journalists side..

Having had a quick scan of the reports linked above it seems the aircraft pitched down by 17 degrees with a decent rate of 15,800ft/min. The co-pilot had to re-enter the cockpit whilst experiencing weightlessness, before placing his feet on the cockpit roof in order to reach his sidestick!:eek:

The aircraft lost 4,400ft in 27 seconds. Speed reached 358kts IAS and "g" loads ranged from -0.58 to +2.06.

Stovepipe

I found the details of the poor stowage and carriage of excess items in the cockpit interesting; hardy perennial, that one.

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Stovepipe

martinsvi

oh my, very mixed feelings about the report.. on one hand, I feel sorry for the Cpt, on the other hand, what was he thinking.. could have ended in tragedy

Nforce

Granted...it's the Daily Mail...but some serious allegations being made

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4204818/Invictus-pilot-tells-saved-nose-diving-plane.html

Stovepipe

By now, he has already been court-martialled for telling porkies.

Nforce

And the verdict of the Courts Martial is out...Not guilty on 3 charges..

http://www.bfbs.com/news/articles/raf/7020

Nforce

Discharged from the RAF and a suspended prison sentence for the pilot....

http://forces.tv/65112869