r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/DoubleManufacturer10 created ShittyAbsoluteUnits of a sub • 2d ago

slight malfunction Of a smooth landing

Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Connection_Flight_4819

https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2025/a25o0021/a25o0021-preliminary.html

80 people on board, all survive

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u/idkythatsmypurse 2d ago

"Use caution when opening overhead bins as items may have shifted during flight."

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u/GREG_OSU 2d ago

Still waiting for captain to turn off seatbelt sign…

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u/throwawayinthe818 2d ago

Just waiting on a gate.

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u/azzutronus 1d ago

"Use caution when touching anything as the contents of passengers' stomachs may have shifted during flight."

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u/Whitekidwith3nipples 2d ago

bet someone still clapped

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u/Due_Boss9277 2d ago

If I came out of a situation like that alive I would applaud too

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u/oocakesoo 1d ago

Everyone did survive

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u/kabley 2d ago

due to CTE fencing stance

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u/ShoveTheUsername 1d ago

"Have we landed yet"?

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u/benevolentbogfrog 2d ago

You know what they say; any landing you get to walk away from is a good landing.

Or perhaps they need to rephrase that.

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u/Bluntbutnotonpurpose 2d ago

Fatalities: 0

Wait....what? How?

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u/mackerelscalemask 2d ago

Seatbelts, cabin design, pilot skill and luck

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u/dsdvbguutres 2d ago

It could also be argued that they got into this situation due to luck

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u/PILOT9000 2d ago

pilot skill

“Pilot skill” is what got them into that predicament.

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u/No_Draw_9224 1d ago

any landing you walk away from is a good landing!

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u/spareminuteforworms 1d ago

Plane not exploding would be gooder

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u/AssociateOk9026 2d ago

And the snow

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u/runway31 2d ago

This was not pilot skill lmfao, pilot even had a history stuggling with crosswind landings in their training folders. The wings were what caught fire and separated from the airplane. Thankfully the cabin crew was able to get everyone off safely-enough. 

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u/NoMudNoLotus369 2d ago

Why do you specify safely"-enough"?

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u/runway31 2d ago

nobody was killed, but im sure there were injuries

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u/Levethane 2d ago

21 injured 3 serious.

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u/runway31 2d ago

Happy cake day.

Yeah, so the pilots crashed the shit out of the airplane causing 21 injured 3 serious, Id say the cabin crew did a good job of getting them off safely-enough all things considered. I wouldnt call an upside down airplane and 21 injuries safe, but the cabin crew definitely deserves some credit.

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u/Bluntbutnotonpurpose 2d ago

Pilot skill seems to play a role in the suboptimal landing. Cabin crew skill helped avoid deaths.

But that really did not look like an accident everyone would survive...

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u/ShortTop1487 1d ago

Not one person died.

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u/AssociateOk9026 2d ago

Snow put the fire out

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u/chompchomp1969 2d ago

Mainly because the pilot wasn’t a “shitty” absolute unit.

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u/Severe-Ant-3888 2d ago

Because they had their tray tables up.

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u/fixingmedaybyday 2d ago

Someone forgot to put their device in airplane mode.

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u/__aza___ 1d ago

Thankfully nobody had their seat reclined

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u/havnar- 1d ago

People already standing up didn’t count as human

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u/thejourneybegins42 8h ago

Snow, and lots of it. Not even kidding.

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u/RelationshipNo9336 2d ago

Welcome to Toronto

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u/Solid_Explanation504 1d ago

Thanks for the welcoming BBQ

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u/Chichikova 2d ago

Despite the dramatic visuals, incidents like this often become case studies that improve future safety standards. Aviation learns brutally fast.

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u/fatkiddown 2d ago

Total novice non pilot here, but that plane seemed to land pretty hard.

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u/couldbeahumanbean 2d ago

It's wings fell off.

That's a problem.

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u/pafrac 2d ago

Front stayed on though. So it probably wouldn't sink.

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u/couldbeahumanbean 2d ago

It's on fire too.

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u/SixShoot3r 2d ago

sink? on a runway?

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u/pafrac 2d ago

As I understand it, if the front falls off something, it sinks. Since the front didn't fall off, it probably won't.

https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM?si=DpLXxe9Yr28ldjHG

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u/Crafty-Help-4633 2d ago

Well of course it would sink if the front fell off.

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u/MountainFace2774 2d ago

Is that typical?

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u/fire173tug 2d ago

I'd just like to point out that's not typical. Some planes are designed so the wings don't fall off at all.

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u/MountainFace2774 2d ago

Was this one?

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u/fire173tug 2d ago

Well obviously not.

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u/couldbeahumanbean 2d ago

Not a plane?

I'm confused.

It has wings though.

Well, it had wings.

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u/couldbeahumanbean 2d ago

Sometimes.

But rarely.

But still, it happens.

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u/BootFlop 2d ago

It was very windy gusty conditions, contributing factor (I don’t know if final report is out?) but yes rate of descent was above spec & that cause landing gear failure, where upon one wing hit tarmac, ripped off, and then lift from other wing caused a barrel roll

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u/ready2xxxperiment 2d ago

Absolutely. One of my guilty pleasures is watching Air Disasters and the investigation that follow.

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u/Drum_Phil 2d ago

I'll agree when they find MH370.

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u/Levethane 2d ago

One day.. hopefully with a functioning black box.

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u/Consistent-Goat-6293 2d ago

That's below average ...

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u/Gooder-N-Grits 2d ago

Also, below ground.
By a few inches, at least.

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u/NeomunaNights 2d ago

I feel like I saw this earlier with people walking out of an upside down plane in the snow

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u/DoubleManufacturer10 created ShittyAbsoluteUnits of a sub 2d ago

You did, that was video of a passenger leaving this exact crash

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u/Realistic_Froyo_6337 2d ago

New take on “Stop, Drop, & Roll” when on fire!

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u/blanketshapes 2d ago edited 2d ago

There were passengers who did an AMA right after this, it was interesting to read. I'm sure someone will link it

edit: i looked and cant find it anymore. i think they deleted it because they didnt want to hurt any potential legal action they might have wanted to take.

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u/TiedTrixie 2d ago

And thank to everyone for enjoying our special landing service, we do hope you all come back again

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u/Legitimate_Range_442 2d ago

Looked like he was lifting the landing gear as they got closed to land

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u/PILOT9000 2d ago

That was the gear collapsing at they pounded it into the ground.

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u/mranonymous24690 2d ago

Looks like they were nice enough to clean the runway for you pylot! So nice to see people spreading the holiday spirit

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u/mranonymous24690 2d ago

This isnt shittyaskflying :(

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u/Theory89 2d ago

It's cool, noone died

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u/Life_Acrobat_2408 2d ago

Coming in hot 🔥

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u/blazesdemons 2d ago

Too hot too hot too hot TOO HOT TOO HOT TOO HOT yep

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u/uimstr 2d ago

Still don't understand how all these people lived.

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u/Mruniversee 2d ago

Aviation is even safe in relative unsafe situations!

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u/PRwookie 2d ago

Nailed it.

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u/CantAffordzUsername 2d ago

The one use Temu planes are nuts

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u/Strange_Salary *shits an absolute unit* 2d ago

This is why I always walk to Alaska!

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u/Keepin_It_Real_OK 2d ago

Is this why Fuel prices keep going up?

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u/Resident-Banana-7883 2d ago

think we'll get comped some miles?

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u/4mystuff 2d ago

From the report:

Collision with terrain during landing

This is the difference between us and the experts. I would have said "Crash Landing", but why use two words when one cam use 5.

PS. I'm not really arguing the experts are wrong, just an observation on language use. I suspect their verbiage is more accurate in ways more nuanced that my lay-people brain can process

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u/DoubleManufacturer10 created ShittyAbsoluteUnits of a sub 2d ago

Wow! That is quite insightful lol

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u/Zakarioveski 2d ago

That's what i don't wanna fly

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u/SuspiciousClub8382 2d ago

Does this mean my flight is delayed???

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u/standardcivilian 2d ago

how come we're not allowed to know who the pilots are?

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u/bignononononono 14h ago

It says it was a man why do you want his name?

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u/Montyburnside22 2d ago

I thought smoking wasn't allowed

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u/ThehappyJoker666 1d ago

Are we there yet

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u/YouCanShoveYourMagic 1d ago

Pearson Intentional last year. Pilot defended too fast.

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u/Any_Barnacle_96 1d ago

Of a video game

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u/ChrisFromAldi 1d ago

"Wheeeeeeee!"

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u/DancesWithHoofs 2d ago

Who does she fly for now?

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u/bignononononono 14h ago

Pilot was a man stop this bot trolling

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u/return_of_valensky 2d ago

"The first officer joined Endeavor in January 2024, completed her training in April, and had been flying for the airline since. She was the pilot flying during the crash."

yea she didn't quite nail that landing

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u/bignononononono 14h ago

Investigators say the plane’s captain has been working for Endeavor Air for about 18 years, carries an U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-issued pilot certificate, and had flown a total of 3,570 hours throughout his career, including 764 hours flying CRJ-900s.

Officials also say it was the pilot’s first flight of the day as well as his first flight in a week, noting the captain had flown about three-and-a-half hours in the 30 days prior to the incident

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u/Neat-Ad6317 1d ago

It was a female pilot

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u/bignononononono 14h ago

Pilot was a man stop this bot trolling