Yes. This story doesn't make sense. Sensationalism? Trying to smear Boeing a bit more?
They were landing, so why does it say they dropped from 16,000ft to 400ft? Apparently, the pilot flying apparently hadn't stabilized the landing and the pilot monitoring (captain) called for a go-around. There was no death defying plunge from 16kft to pull out just 400ft above the ocean.
On a normal flight it takes about 10 minutes to get to cruising altitude at least. I would love to hear from pilots that fly that route. Why would you climb over 5000 feet for a 22 minute flight?
Move the decimal point and that is how high to go. Example - 125 miles would be 12,500. But they are flying under IFR rules, so you can’t do the 500’. And flying westbound has to be an even number. So the optimal altitude would be 12,000’ or 14,000’. Going up to 16,000 wouldn’t be horrible, especially to get over some cumulus clouds.
More examples-
400 miles = 40,000’
50 miles = 5,000’
Note- Mileage is in Nautical Miles, not Statute Miles.
Yes. This story doesn't make sense. Sensationalism? Trying to smear Boeing a bit more?
They were landing, so why does it say they dropped from 16,000ft to 400ft? Apparently, the pilot flying apparently hadn't stabilized the landing and the pilot monitoring (captain) called for a go-around. There was no death defying plunge from 16kft to pull out just 400ft above the ocean.
On a normal flight it takes about 10 minutes to get to cruising altitude at least. I would love to hear from pilots that fly that route. Why would you climb over 5000 feet for a 22 minute flight?
Move the decimal point and that is how high to go. Example - 125 miles would be 12,500. But they are flying under IFR rules, so you can’t do the 500’. And flying westbound has to be an even number. So the optimal altitude would be 12,000’ or 14,000’. Going up to 16,000 wouldn’t be horrible, especially to get over some cumulus clouds.
More examples-
400 miles = 40,000’
50 miles = 5,000’
Note- Mileage is in Nautical Miles, not Statute Miles.
Awesome
I just looked at the NM distance…it is 90nm. So, 10,000 is what I would choose if there were no clouds or turbulence.