717 windshear event
 

Has anyone else heard about aircraft 717? Possible windshear in MCO resulting in a near 4g landing followed by tail strike. MX told me this morning they are awaiting word from Airbus if the airframe is salvagable.

Rumor around maintenance is it’s totaled

Forget the airframe, what about the pax? :eek: Everyone on that plane probably should see a chiropractor if they haven't already!

Crew experience?

A chiropractor? Seriously? How about a crystal healer.

I can't find any information about this incident yet

Came in shortly after them. Pop up storms all around the airport. Don't know what they got on final but we were 0 losses or gains all the way down final for 35R and then got a good 10+ knot loss right in the flare. It was a firm touch down for sure.

As for 717, I heard it was a go around...

I also heard that they scrapped the tail during a go around. I haven't heard anything about a 4 g touchdown. Maybe we will see a memo soon.

I was told today by a mechanic in Orlando that they hit the tail twice!
The mechanic said the airplane is probably a total.

FTWeb shows the Captain wrote it up for a hard landing on the 8th. Guess we will find out eventually if it is toast.

Prior to May 2019: “Full bore hiring!!!!”
May 2019: “Stop hiring!!!”
About a week ago: “Resume hiring!!!”
Post 717 tailscrape: “Stop hiring!!!”

Gotta love the consistency here........:eek: