Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 Crashes in Kazakhstan

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Looks like an embraer? I wonder what could possibly have caused that, it looks like it was going very slow and not really being controlled, maybe a problem with hydraulics?

Maybe it would have been better to ditch in the water?
 
Images circulating on SM this morning show fuselage/tail surfaces damage that looks eerily like MH17


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jukebox333 said:
Images circulating on SM this morning show fuselage/tail surfaces damage that looks eerily like MH17


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MH17 was tragically blown out of the sky by one or more SAM(s).

This was intact on final approach but obviously had some serious issues to contend with (which I would defer to the pilot exerts). It would be horribly unfortunate if a bird strike followed by some sort of ground machine gun fire caused the end result…😳

Edit: extraordinary (miracle?) that ~29 survived and some were able to rescue others.
 
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SCM said:
Looks like an embraer? I wonder what could possibly have caused that, it looks like it was going very slow and not really being controlled, maybe a problem with hydraulics?
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It looks like an aircraft that is being flown by manipulation of the power alone, and loss of hydraulics will leave you in that situation. A landing with any survivors at all is a great outcome in that case.
SCM said:
Maybe it would have been better to ditch in the water?
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Water is not soft, and anyone who survives the impact is in immediate danger of drowning.
SYD said:
MH17 was tragically blown out of the sky by one or more SAM(s).
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The holes in the tail sure look like what you'd expect from a proximity burst to the rear of the aircraft.
SYD said:
This was intact on final approach but obviously had some serious issues to contend with (which I would defer to the pilot exerts). It would be horribly unfortunate if a bird strike followed by some sort of ground machine gun fire caused the end result…
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There is no way this is the result of a bird strike.
 
Some reports now that Russian media have confirmed it was shot down after being mistaken for a drone.
Very sad outcome regardless
 
jb747 said:
It looks like an aircraft that is being flown by manipulation of the power alone, and loss of hydraulics will leave you in that situation. A landing with any survivors at all is a great outcome in that case.
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As also noted by Juan Browne:
 
That is a very strange flight profile.

As I understand it, GRV was affected by fog and so the aircraft may have diverted elsewhere. But why choose a third country to divert to? Surely if it was just a simple diversion due Wx effects at the destination, then a return to GYD would have been flown.

The approach into SCO looks to be a struggle for control and the video above confirms as much.

That tail image above is disturbing. Could the tail plane have been fragged by the explosion on landing or the effects of the impact?
 

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