Well, that would do it. The pilot didn’t flare the aircraft before touchdown meaning the plane slammed into the ground while dropping at a rate so fast the main gear collapsed. The right wing breaks off and the plane rolls, skidding to a stop. Lot of questions here…

For those asking - a "flare" is a maneuver done by a pilot immediately before touchdown. The pilot pitches the nose up enough to slow the rate of descent which ensures a soft landing. The maneuver also ensures that the rear (main) landing gear makes contact with the runway first

Why US planes Only had 1 Roundel

Another good video / visual

Who was the pilot?

Maybe the pilot tried to flare but the winds prevented it? All we know for sure is that Jesus was there that day and no one died. Hopefully the critically injured are going to make full recoveries and no one’s life is going to be tragically altered. 🙏🏻

My good friend is a commercial pilot. He gave some cool insight. "No. They slammed it. The gear collapsed. Right cross wind, lots of aileron into the wind, very normal there. Right main touches down first. Due to slow speed they lost lift, plane begins to stall, all that force goes onto just 1 main instead of both. Gear snaps, right wing digs in and snaps, left wing producing lift then makes it barrel roll while sliding. If there were white out conditions and heavy blowing snow I could see maybe missing the runway. But visibility was good. It was windy and gusty. We come in above REF speed when it's windy because if the wind shifts suddenly, you'll lose too much airspeed and get a loss of lift and dramatic sink rate. Which is what happened here."

DELTA and these pilots got some explaining to do.

The flare is a maneuver during landing where the pilot raises the nose of the aircraft to slow the descent rate, allowing for a smoother touchdown. It typically occurs just before the aircraft touches down on the runway.

There is no way I can know but let's face it. Now every time a plane crashes the sound has to run through your mind--DEI.

Lots of questions for sure. Like why didn’t you land the plane for them since you obviously know everything that was going on with the plane and in the cockpit, so you must have been there the whole time, right? It’s real easy to armchair quarterback something in hindsight.

They literally just flew it into the ground.

Clearer video of hard landing

amazing the fuselage didn't break up. wings broke off, exploded remaining fuel but the plane kept going--ice -and speed might have helped here!

@TRHLofficial spoke to the pilot. There were heavy winds and the flight should have been diverted. It’s possible a downdraft dunked the plain as it was about to touch down. Further investigations to come

I had to grok it:

Is there a possibility that these planes are not being maintained properly? It’s not like everyone just forgot how to fly, and it’s not because Trump is president. He was already president once and I don’t recall this being an issue before.

Who is the pilot that’s what I want to know.

Maybe you have questions. We already know the answers tho.

For making so many mistakes, that pilot is very lucky no one died. Pure miracle.

Hubs was a commercial pilot for over 20 years. US Air Force Academy, and Air force pilot before that. Never had a single “incident”. Asked him what he thought about the landing. “Bad technique” was his answer. He was stationed in Alaska, and where those conditions are common.

Gusty winds can be challenging in keeping up with corrections. Falling below the speed will result in being too slow and a hard landing. Exp level and any aircraft malfunctions will tell more of the story. Let the investigation happen. They are all lucky to be alive.

I think it will boil down to the fact that @Delta hires based on emotion not excellence. I will never fly Delta.

Not all the facts are here though. There was reported wind shear as well. I would let the investigation play out.

Liberals in the legacy news don't care about questions... They only care about blaming TRUMP Even when a plane crash lands in another country somehow it is his fault of course.

Bad pilot from what I see. Wind and runway ice not a factor

There doesn’t seem to be any sign of crosswinds…looks to me it either came up short of the runway or slammed too hard. Pilot error..🤷‍♂️

Hey @pcavlin - before we throw the pilot landing the aircraft under the bus please consider meteorological (& other effects). Reportedly, winds were gusting at 40. Perhaps the aircraft encountered windshear - loss of 40 on very short final likely isn’t gonna end well for most.

I fully think weather was a factor. I just pointed out that the lack of a flare explains the crash. We need the investigation to determine what led to lack of a flare.

Stick to meteorology and let the investigators determine what happened.

Need pilots names, training, experience. Definitely pilot error. Only question is on intent

I think he was at the right angle. I can see his starboard wing dip and his port wing rise just before the wheels make contact. I'm guessing he got hit with a sudden gust and couldn't recover, causing a wing strike.

My thought also. DEI?

There were 50 MPH wind gusts, which would have made the pilot hesitant of going too slow into the landing.

unless there was a flap failure.. 99.9999% DEI hire issue. That plane slammed hard.

The old joke about Delta preferring to hire carrier pilots though... some generalities have a speck of truth..