Lear 45 Crash Today

[Gear Up!]

all speculation... lets wait for the facts.

 

[filejw]

Thanks for the fix.

1:24 should have been enough time for that wake to have dissipated, at least to a level beyond 300 feet below where the 767 was at that point.
You never know though.

Too bad they didn't slow down when they were told to. Don't understand why pilots would ignore an ATC instruction for 2 full minutes. Whats the rush. IF it was wake turbulence, they could have avoided this accident. ATC should have been more assertive and told them again to slow down immediately. But still, the pilots have control of the plane, not ATC, so..............

Not really, don't have the #'s but I'm sure its more than that.. I've been behind 767/757 in a bigger a/c and have gotten some real nice jolts and rolls...can't imagine what a corporate a/c would do. More reason to do one of those T6 upset courses.

 

[LJ45]

From AIN:

Sabotage Unlikely in Mexican Learjet 45 Crash
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Officials are all but ruling out sabotage in the November 4 crash of a Learjet 45 in Mexico City, which killed all nine aboard, including Mexican Interior Secretary Juan Camillo Mourino. Instead, a preliminary report suggests pilot error as a result of encountering wake turbulence from a Boeing 767-300 it was following on approach. Luis Téllez, Mexican secretary of communication and transportation, said an examination of the wreckage did not indicate any trace of explosives, and investigators determined that the engines were functioning at high speed and the aircraft did not explode in flight. “There was no indication of any sabotage whatsoever,” Téllez asserted. He said the evidence indicates the Learjet, which was on approach to Mexico City Benito Juarez International Airport, was 4.15 nm behind the 767. Standard flight procedures require a separation of 5 nm. The flight’s voice recorder showed that the crew felt the turbulence just before the pilot “lost control” and, according to Téllez, revealed that the pilots’ voices reflected “anguish, impotence and frustration.” The communication secretary emphasized that these were preliminary findings and it would likely be several months before all the facts are known. The NTSB is assisting Mexican officials with the investigation.[/FONT]