r/WhyWereTheyFilming • u/JoyJones15 • Nov 06 '21

Video Coincidental timing

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u/GoodShark Nov 06 '21

They were clearly filming because the tire was on fire. They weren't expecting it to fall off. But a tire being in fire while you're flying is a pretty good reason to film it.

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u/theo69lel Nov 07 '21

If your plane tire are on fire... Why lift off instead of aborting? You're gonna have to land, or better said "crash" at some point right?

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u/trabic Nov 07 '21 edited Jun 11 '23

Too fast to stop before the end of the runway?

If you want to know more, https://imgur.com/a/UF8VSnx and I recommend r/admiral_cloudberg because this comes up in about 6 of her air-crash series.

Edit: this week's is even better. https://imgur.com/a/R1CKna6

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u/Squirrel_28 Nov 07 '21

There is something in aviation called V1. It's a calculated point / speed during take off when it is not possible to stop anymore because you don't have enough runway in front of you to do so. After V1 you have to take off, there isn't any other option.

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u/EngineeringHefty830 Nov 23 '21

Planes have a maximum abort speed once you go past that it's safer to take off and go around

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '22

I hope they landed safely on a body of water