Originally Posted by
Str8 Cash Homie
That’s a well done analysis, very informative. I’ll place my bet on the kid trying to get a look at the gear by opening up the rear cargo door (it was still open on landing), they hit a pocket of turbulence and fate sent him on a 4,000ft free fall to his death. It was a turbulent day, 2:30pm, TS in the vicinity, the guy in the video said that aircraft is known to be less forgiving as you move aft. I believe it, we have the same issues on E175’s with turbulence related injuries with our FA’s working in the aft.
My Monday morning QB feedback would suggest they should have done a low pass with tower to confirm a possible gear issue. On the ATC tape they claimed to have 4 hours of fuel. They had more than enough fuel to fly multiple low pass’s with tower. Also not a whole lot of experience in that flight deck.
I am thinking the remaining pilot would have relayed to ATC he lost someone along the way but so far haven’t heard any mention of that. When he declared the emergency he stated 2 souls on board. One would think someone rolling out the back would be worthy of another call to ATC. Maybe he did but I haven’t heard any reporting of it.