August 1, 20223 yr Mystery Surrounds Man's Death After He Exits Plane Mid-Air Before Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mystery-surrounds-mans-death-exits-012938183.html 23-year-old man who 'exited' plane found dead in Fuquay-Varina after massive search https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article263974426.html Video of the emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. https://www.wral.com/on-cam-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-rdu/20395379/
August 1, 20223 yr Administrators Did he open the back cargo door to check on the broken landing gear and just fall out or jumped? 🪂 Oops! Forgot the parachute! 😳 Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
August 1, 20223 yr 47 minutes ago, charliearon said: Did he open the back cargo door to check on the broken landing gear and just fall out or jumped? 🪂 Oops! Forgot the parachute! 😳 Here's a video that gives an explanation of what might have happened.
August 2, 20223 yr Moderator I fully agree with the probable reason for the young man to have fallen. Having to lie face down on that short, steep ramp to assess the starboard main gear was excessively dangerous! Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
August 2, 20223 yr 11 hours ago, n4gix said: I fully agree with the probable reason for the young man to have fallen. Having to lie face down on that short, steep ramp to assess the starboard main gear was excessively dangerous! Why wouldn't he just look out from the cockpit window? It seems to be able to be opened and it looks as if he could at least see that the wheel was missing. Or go straight to the low pass over RDU, which he did anyway, and let the people on the ground assess the problem? Edited August 2, 20223 yr by dmwalker Dugald Walker
August 2, 20223 yr Either that guy fell out by accident trying to inspect the landing gear, or he totally panicked when he thought the airplane might be in a more serious crash: So he jumped?
August 3, 20223 yr Author The pilot, according to this article, allegedly told the KRDU tower that his co-pilot 'jumped out' of plane before emergency landing. https://www.wral.com/man-told-rdu-tower-his-co-pilot-jumped-out-of-plane-before-emergency-landing/20400157/
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