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The silence is deafening: who was flying Delta's crashed plane?
• https://revolver.newsAnd now, with Delta not releasing the pilot's identity, many are wondering—is this yet another case of an unqualified diversity hire?
Many experts agree—pilot error was likely a factor.
While it's still not clear why a Delta Air Lines plane from Minneapolis crash-landed at Toronto's Pearson Airport on Monday, one expert is now questioning the speed of the plane's descent after viewing new videos of the incident.
J. Joseph, a veteran aviator in the U.S. Marine Corps., with decades of experience and more than 30,000 logged flight hours, told CityNews on Tuesday that he's seen the recent videos of the incident, and although they can be deceiving, there is cause for concern.
"What we do see … is that it appears that the rate of descent of the aircraft in the most recent videos shows that it doesn't appear that the rate of descent was arrested prior to touchdown," he said.
Joseph says too fast a rate of descent can lead to a hard landing, and "possibly impose structural damage to the aircraft."
Videos of the incident show the plane bursting into flames upon landing at Pearson before ultimately ending up on its back, something Joseph noted was "very rare."
Joseph says weather was also a factor, with strong winds reported at the time.
"Again, the very challenging gusty wind conditions that prevailed at the time of the mishap look like they would have contributed significantly to the workload of the pilots."
"But again, clearly the rate of descent simply has to be arrested prior to touchdown."
Even so, the fake news media didn't miss a beat—they're already trying to pin the blame on Elon Musk and President Trump. But, as you'd expect, their accusations are completely baseless.




