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B737 almost CRASHED into water at Princess JULIANA airport - st.Martin
- Published_at:2017-03-13
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Sky Colors
- tags: Aviation Crash Accident incident aircraft unstable approach landing take off airline B737 B738 Boing Airbus B787 B747 A380 B777 Maho Beach flight go around runway plane airplane westjet toronto USA
- description: On March 7, Tuesday, WestJet flight 2652 from Toronto was making a descent through a low ceiling to Princess Juliana. The first attempt through rain and low cloud cover was videotaped and photographed by plane spotters who are almost always at Maho Beach to watch incoming aircraft. On that Tuesday they caught a near miss: a near Controlled Flight Into Terrain The first approach puts the Toronto flight short and low, low enough that jet wash from the Boeing can be seen creating turbulence on the surface of the water. The flight crew does an excellent job of immediately applying power and going around for a second approach. Commercial flight crews, and especially those trained and, in some cases, specially certified to fly into airports with unusual approaches, are well-drilled both in the simulator and as 2nd officers for flights into these airports before captaining a flight there. Even with the low cloud cover the second approach in the video has a higher trajectory, is more on glide slope presumably and has no problem coming in safely over the water and clearing the famous fence at Princess Juliana.
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