There was just a plane crash in Sweden this night. The plane was a 23-year old CRJ-200 Freighter with 2 persons on board. It was carrying mostly post and was due to arrive at Tromsø but crashed somehow on the way to there. The aircraft had totally flown 38601 hours since it was manufactured.
Swedish police and other emergency srvices are on their way to the crash site, which was in a lake. The plane was found by a Norwegian F14 at 03:10 CET (02:10 Zulu). The crash site is about where the Sweden and Norwegian borders are.
The captain had about 2300 flight hours while the co-pilot had around 900 hours. The company acquired the plane about 10 years ago.
ModeS data courtesy of FlightRadar24 shows the plane has dropped 20000 ft in just 70 seconds. The aircraft declared mayday at about 23:31 CET (22:31 Zulu). No other messages are known.
What do you guys think that have happened? Engine failure?
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Perhaps some kind of stall?
Here is the speed and altitude last recorded:
(Courtesy of flightradar24)
Here is modeS data:
(Courtesy of flightradar24)
And here is the press report:
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I read something about that they suspect a complete nose dive…
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Weird thing though. i just read that the police have started an investigation regarding that the airline might have broken some aviation laws. The reason is the inability to eject…
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I didn’t even know that a commercial aircraft had ejection seats… Do they?
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its okay that this accident is discussed here, …but I do not do it, because there is one thing, that airline people never do: speculate and communicate theories based on info by press or other unreliable sources.
especially after the first day after the accident.
The press is nagging to get a headline story, while the airline has a whole bunch of tasks to accomplish:
- crisis management center setup
- emergency response field team deployment (crew, maintenance, technical pilot, safety department,)
- collecting the documentation (crew , aircraft, maintenance and so on)
- passenger care (so called SAT Team deployment = special assistance teams)
- protect passenger and crew welfare & property
- next of kin care center at deep. and arr. station
- Ensure assistance to the victims and their relatives
- keep the company running (yes, after all, the show must go on)
- establish communication with the local authorities and cooperate fully
- provide the public with what you have (which is not very much in the beginning)
and many, many, many more tasks.
Crisis team management is a very very tough job, and from my experience on of the hardest in the business. It is a tragedy for the victims and their relatives, but also for the colleagues.
Besides one as a crisis manager has to deal with his own emotions, maybe you know one of the crew.
The work of the crisis team management in the initial phase can go on for weeks!
But long after the press has lost interest in the case, the work continues, for the post crisis management team.
…and the true cause of an accident my only be found after years of investigation.
Airlines run drills with the emergency team to ensure the awareness of the procedures, to test the communication paths and to enhance the organizational behavior, and to make everybody capable to overcome the state of shock after activation.
IATA conducts courses for crisis manager, they are absolute essential.
P.S.:
…and no, commercial aircraft do not have ejection seats.
Some aircraft have ejection seats installed on special test flights or maiden flights.
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I agree with every point of yours, I got much data from the actual airline and flightradar24 which I actually believe are true and reliable sources.
Maybe the vertical stabilizers broke in flight? An aircraft with 23 years of continuous use might have had some fatigue on its structure.
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The crj-200 is Australia’s Air Force 2 737bbj being Air Force 1
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I’ve flown the CRJ-200 many, times. Its a great bird. (Once on a flight with literally 5 other people, I got promoted to 1st class!)
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im flying on a crj-900 O.O
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Dude, I think it was pilot error. CRJ’s don’t usually crash, they are one of the safest airliners.
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Just because they don’t usually crash doesn’t mean they can’t.
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Lets wait for the investigation before making conclusions, you sound like you have no idea about the amazing world called aviation.
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I know, but it’s a fact CRJ’s are some of the safest aircraft.
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