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[-] FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Even with a landing gear failure nothing else made sense: landing 2/3rds way up runway, no flaps, excess speed etc

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Complete loss of power due to strikes on all engines. The ram air turbine is not enough to move all those parts.

[-] FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Boeing 737 allows for gravity drop of landing gear which would work even with total power loss

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/79782/can-the-landing-gear-be-lowered-when-system-a-hydraulic-pressure-is-lost-in-boei

Ram air turbine is sufficient for control surfaces, which is what it's designed for

[-] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Having one thrust reverser deployed on the side of the bird strike was super weird. Both thrust reversers can be controlled by the APU hydraulic system

[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

The APU doesn’t have a hydraulic system. There are three redundant electric pumps however, and these can run off the battery. Regardless, I don’t believe there was any issue with the hydraulics as the plane was well controlled on the final approach.

It just gets weirder doesn't it

[-] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I see what you mean. It's not directly connected I see. Only indirectly via electrical pump as you pointed out.

It is curious that no flaps or spoilers were deployed. Maybe the control was not as great as it appeared. The plane did touch down a long way down the runway.

[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There’s no ram air turbine on a 737.

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