Air Niugini Crash in Truk

[KathyV]

Here's a link that lists and shows pics of some of the world's shortest and scariest runways. I have had the pleasure of experiencing 2 of the places on this list (during the same trip!) the St. Maarten airport and that thrill ride also known as Saba Airport!
14 of the world's most terrifying airport runways

And I think that busy Midway airport in Chicago should be added to the list. I have flown in and out of Midway many times and I am always amazed at how close the nearby houses are to the airport - some of the neighborhoods seem to start at the end of the runways! Here's a picture of densely-packed houses on 63rd street in Chicago near Midway.

 

[OzMikeM]

Check out this POV from when the US Navy team arrived after the plane had been evacuated.

 

[WetPup]

So not everyone survived as per initial reports.

The body of a missing passenger has been found today.

 

[Glenndini]

The report is here Fixation and a fatal splashdown | Flight Safety Australia
Seems it was definitely pilot error possibly caused in part by lack of training. Why pilots would ignore 16 aural alerts is a mystery to me though.
Also definitely a short landing and not an over run as claimed by many.

 

[Jared0425]

Is the aircraft still on the bottom?

 

[runsongas]

it got salvaged as part of the accident investigation i believe

 

[Glenndini]

The wreckage sunk in 30M of water. The full accident investigation report only contains photos of the wreck on the bottom and makes no mention of recovery. I doubt it they would have the required equipment in Chuuk or the funds to recover a wrecked fusilage from that depth. I'd say it's still there.

 

[Manatee Diver]

The report is here Fixation and a fatal splashdown | Flight Safety Australia
Seems it was definitely pilot error possibly caused in part by lack of training. Why pilots would ignore 16 aural alerts is a mystery to me though.
Also definitely a short landing and not an over run as claimed by many.

Not sure I agree with their conclusion that changing it alarms would've helped, other than calling the pilots a retard, if the plane is complaining you should be paying attention.

The wreckage sunk in 30M of water. The full accident investigation report only contains photos of the wreck on the bottom and makes no mention of recovery. I doubt it they would have the required equipment in Chuuk or the funds to recover a wrecked fusilage from that depth. I'd say it's still there.

The insurance company has the funds, and the teams that do this type of recovery work are mobile. It is just a matter of the Chuuk Islands government requiring the removal of the aircraft.

 

[Glenndini]

I'll be back in Chuuk in a couple of weeks so I'll be able to find out for sure and report back.

 

[chillyinCanada]

With regard to the ignored alarms, why didn't the engineer in the jump seat notice them?