Although it´s only friday and I already wrote the incident of the week for this weekend, I just couldn´t pass the opportunity to talk about this other incident I´ve just heard of:
An Airphil Express performing a runway excursion in Kalibo (Philipinnes), coming in from Manila.
After seeing the video, filmed by a passenger many questions came to my mind. Although everything seems very suspicious, I will not discuss the fact that the approach speed seems to be way higher than normal, that the flaps don´t seem to be set to full - as they´d suppose to be, or that the aircraft touched down far too late - almost in the middle of the runway. I´d rather talk about why the heck, would the captain announce "Cabin crew prepare for landing" just about only 15 seconds prior to touch down. And then, on top of that, an announce from the purser " Ladies an Gentlemen, we are now on final approach - please make sure your seat belts are secured and thank you" just over 10 seconds prior to landing?!! I really hope that´s a non-standard procedure for that Philippine airline. Everyone knows that the last minute before touch down is one of the most important and dangerous moments from the entire flight, where concentration should be at the highest. Instead of flying the airplane, why is the pilot distracting himself announcing "prepare for landing"? And how can you prepare yourself for landing in 15 seconds - especially when most of that time you´re making an announcement that you could have done minutes before? What if there´s some emergency - like bird strike, engine fire.. How can a flight attendant that´s holding her public address do a safety position or react to the situation? Boy, oh boy I got really chocked seeing this video, I really hope some investigation will be made, and some procedures will be changed for the sake of all upcoming passengers flying with that airline. Here´s the video, just watch and think about it:
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