It’s pretty easy to get behind the automation, or have the wrong mode selected, or any number of things. The Asiana crash at SFO was a case of that. Pilot thought he was in an autopilot mode he wasn’t, and wasn’t paying enough attention to the speed. If he had realized just a couple seconds sooner they would have gone…

That is technically correct, which is the best type of correct.

My suspicion at the time (that I kept to myself) was probably a runway incursion of some sort. Weather was good, approach was normal to that point and we basically circled once and came in. All things considered I guess that’s the least worrying scenario too since it implies the aircraft itself, and its crew, was…

I remember I was flying with my family, I think into Utah, and as the plane was just about to land, I mean literally I was waiting for the wheels to touch, we could not have been more than 30 feet off the ground, suddenly the engines start roaring and the plane lifts back up again.

If we’re being pedantic, ALL crashes occur during some sort of landing.

That happened to me on an approach to LAX 10, 12 years ago now.  We very very low - low enough to discern the palm trees and baseball diamonds (my go-to when determining how close we are to touch down in LA).  And made an exceptionally sudden and fast ascent.  Like you, no explanation. 

The truly greedy ones were Ethiopian - they took delivery of the accident aircraft after the preliminary report from Lion Air came out and after the Emergency AD and the FCOM (Flight Crew Operating Manual) updates telling exactly how to handle the problem.

A late go-around is one of those things that is a little more unnerving the more you know about flying. Was on a flight with my wife, who is not particularly comfortable with flying, where we had a go-around initiated very late on final approach, definitely below 1,000 feet. When the plane unexpectedly started a…

From pprune the general consensus (though not definitive) is the Air France crew lined up on one runway and had programmed the plane for the other, parallel runway, so when the plane got to the point where auto-land software kicked in, the plane started to re-align with the runway it was told to use. The pilots were…

Landings are by far the most dangerous moments in a flight. The final decent and landing phases make up only four percent of flight time, but account for an incredibly 49 percent of fatal accidents

I didn't use exact measures for that reason

Everyone that knows cars - “Minivans are horrible, would never own one.”

Poor wording, I believe the crux of it is the dealer wouldn't sell the car without the add ons, making the low price false advertising.  

What isn’t so funny is that Toyota seems genuinely interested in making at least some enthusiast-focused cars, but decided to work with Subaru and BMW on them instead of Mazda. They could have had a GR86/RX-7 pair and a GR Corolla/Speed3 pair. The RX Vision could have become a higher-end model to pair with the Supra.…

>This thing will be embarrassed by mommy mobiles.

I agree with most of what you said, except for this part. Most mommy mobiles are very heavy, so the GR Corolla will still have an edge. Too many people only look at HP numbers and forget to account for how much mass you’re lugging around.

Agreed. Every car is fast now so there isn’t much point to dick waggling. It is about the expreience.

Agreed. As an owner of 2011 WRX hatch, it’s not super fast in a straight line, but it handles like a champ. Throw in some snow (with snow tires) and it’s at home.

I’m fairly sure one day I’ll end up writing:

My Wife And I Own A Couple Of Dozen Cars, The City Isn’t Happy About It

my fiancée — who recently fell in love with diesel

Just left from visiting my daughter who has a studio in Manhattan. Granted it is a luxury building with a doorman, but rent will probably go up to $3000 when the lease renews.