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To be honest, I would not like to be in a plane halfway over the Atlantic and it's on fire. And that is what the ordinary air traveller thinking when they read this. The A 380 also had it fair share of problems,but not on this scale.

:(:shrug:

Wow, but it's big.

The APU sit right aft in the tail's cone section. Doubtful.

:thumbup::lol::lol::lol::hailprobe: ---------- Post added at 06:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:42 PM ---------- Especially the wing design. And that of the B-747-8. It looks so modern and sexy too me. Ever saw a eagle in flight?

If you look at that photo, there are some marks (burn marks?) just in front of the vertical stabilizer. I wonder what equipment is that location? Anyway, it does not look good. OUCH!!!!!:facepalm:

How many bad luck do these Dreamliners have to endure?:blink: The big question now is what cause that fire.

I am feeling blue now.......:)

In FSX some advance panels also have lnav and vnav autopilot modes. I know what lnav is but are not sure about vnav. I know vnav it is related to the fmc and control altitude. I also noted that in this model when you set the flaps for landing, it automatically configure the speed settings for...

The Aircraft Investigation series do have a lot of material to work on lately.

My thoughts too. Maybe he Google it...... Some interesting reports I Google up. http://www.alpa.co.za/communication/newslatest/59-captain-margie-viljoen-reports-laser-incident.html http://www.fbi.gov/news/news_blog/laser-pointer-attacks-taking-off-pose-serious-threat-to-aviation-security...

I did a survey on Google Earth. Pointing a laser straight at the plane is ruled out. But from other locations it is possible. There is a small park at about 11 o clock from the plane position. It is alongside Bayshore highway and is only about 1800 to 2000 meters from where the plane was...

And it bring me to this question. Should a HUD like in the B 787 not be helpful in such situations? I also noticed that their was a B 747 taxiing to runway 28L/R at the moment of the crash. The pilot's in the B747 surely do see it coming. Luckily the B 777 did not veer in their direction. Here...

Something distract the pilots. All pilots is trained to always watch their PFD at all times. Here is what a typical PFD looked like in landing mode and flaps fully extended: It's a PFD from FSX, but the real one should look the same...

Dan, I echo all the post above. Without your contribution Orbiter would not be as what it is today. All the people in the Orbiter cummunity love your work. Do not even once doubt that!

That is how cruel life can be sometimes. Just one moment of lack of concentration can alter your life forever. No second change.

Is this crash not related to the crew become to independant on the aircraft ILS system? I watch a lot of landings on You Tube, and what fascinating me the most is the CAT 3 c landings in zero visibility. The autopilot actaully disconnect when they are already on the runway. I know the visibilty...

Check NTSB Twitter. They are posting live feed of the ongoing investigation: https://twitter.com/NTSB

My tendency in FSX is too overshoot the runway.

This is good news as well as bad news. Good in the sense that it is not a reoccurring BA038 incident. Bad, because people had died.:(