Fedex incident in NRT right now.. anyone heard anything?

[Pervis]

God bless.

 

[Hobit]

Thoughts and prayers for all involved.

 

[taysha]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6cMK9LUnzI

Heard both pilots were dead.

 

[NEDude]

Horrible to watch. Condolences to their family, friends and all at FedEx.

 

[b707guy]

Christ Almighty! One minute you're on approach, the next minute all hell breaks loose. As MD said, there but for the grace of God...

Prayers and remembrance for friends and family.

 

[EdAtTheAirport]

Condolences to all the Fedex guys/gals.

 

[jonjuan]

Yet, not a thing on the Fedex website other than an ad trying to steal business from DHL.

 

[DH106]

This is really upsetting. Can any MD-11 pilots verify some technical stuff about the MD-11 design?

A safety website quoted an MD-11 pilot as saying that the MD-11 horizontal stab is 40% smaller than the DC-10, and that it makes the plane horribly hard to control on landing. That, and the LSAS system is supposed to compensate for the lack of stability. He also said that, on touchdown, one has push forward to compensate for a sudden pitch-up caused by the autospoilers, but then one has to immediately pull back as the autobrakes kick in to keep the nosewheel from slamming down. It sounds like a handfull in harsh winds... can anyone verify these items? God bless to the crew and their families.

 

[AirBadger]

Does this remind anyone else of Fedex flight 14? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Flight_14

 

[timeless]

Sometimes our glorious machines fail us. That video was frightening and humbling. Everything went wrong so quickly.