Enroute A380 wake flips Challenger 604 upside down
Mar 17, 2017, 8:40 am
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Enroute A380 wake flips Challenger 604 upside down
Apparently this is not first time this has happened...
http://flightservicebureau.org/enrou...4-upside-down/
http://flightservicebureau.org/enrou...4-upside-down/
Mar 17, 2017, 8:54 am
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And not just flipped - 3-5 full rolls and killed the engines.
Kudos to the pilot for recovering, though it took 10k ft of altitude to pull it back, and the aircraft is a write-off due to g-forces.
Kudos to the pilot for recovering, though it took 10k ft of altitude to pull it back, and the aircraft is a write-off due to g-forces.