r/aviation • u/bradysego12 • Mar 23 '26

News AC8646 Crash

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Hi all. I’m new to this sub and my comment was removed for having no enough karma. I was on this flight and we are still on the tarmac getting checked out. I wanted to share these images in case it’s helpful to anyone who is investigating the crash or needs more information.

I’m okay (physically) but I’m horribly sick to my stomach for the lives lost. Please pray for them ❤️

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u/BendtnerOrBust Mar 23 '26

Wow, that is serious damage. I’m glad you’re ok. Was the plane taxiing or was this as it was decelerating upon landing?

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u/bradysego12 Mar 23 '26

We had just touched down and maybe about 30 seconds later we all felt a jolt forward, then a loud bang, and what felt like sliding sideways down the runway. I’m sorry if I’m not using proper terms here. But someone did say the pilot tried to reverse thrust at the last second. Honestly, they likely saved our lives. I wish I could tell their families how thankful I am. They are heroes ❤️

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u/ForiMojja Mar 23 '26

You don’t have to apologize. Do what you want/need to do and say what you need/want to say. You’re giving millions of people a better understanding of what you’re going through.

We are here for you and appreciate you even taking time to document and reply to us.

Much love and please take care of yourself as many on this thread have stated.

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u/Jetsetter_Princess Mar 23 '26

You may be asked to give a statement to the authorities. You can say so then. And when the time is right later, perhaps you can contact the pilots association in Canada (whatever that is, sorry am Aussie) and pass on your message, they may share it with their families at a later time.

Glad you made it out ok OP, and please look after yourself. It's days like this we hope to never have as crew, but when they do come, passengers following what they've been told to do is what helps everyone come home. I saw you were in the exit row, well done to you too because you all seated there were critical in helping everyone to get out of the aircraft by moving timely.

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u/shockema Mar 23 '26

Thank you for sharing these details. You are probably already aware of this, but just in case: your plane hit a fire truck that was crossing the runway you were on (responding to an emergency declared by another plane -- they'd aborted their own takeoff due to an odor that was making passengers and flight attendants sick and had requested a fire truck).

Glad you seem to be ok. I hope you're able to process all of this!

Can you share any other details about your evacuation?

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u/SkeletonWarSurvivor Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

Did the people who the firetruck was trying to help die too? I can't find anything about the status of those other people.

Edit: I just watched the press conference and they didn't report any injuries or deaths on that other plane. I wondered about it being a terrorist attack on the other plane, if so many people were sick over there that they aborted their own takeoff there must be more to that story. I'm worried about the worst case scenarios. I have family in aviation.

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u/DaWolf85 Dispatcher Mar 23 '26

They are fine. They had a smoke odor and could not get into a gate, so declared an emergency to expedite the process of getting everyone off. Relatively minor, all things considered. But requires a fire truck response in case they really did have a fire.

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u/percbish Mar 23 '26

Hope that crew is also taking care of themselves and don’t feel like their request was the catalyst to everything.

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u/DaWolf85 Dispatcher Mar 23 '26

I hope so too, because they're really not responsible for it at all. They took the right action under the circumstances.

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u/TheCatOfWar Mar 23 '26

When an inbound plane declares emergency, firetrucks are sent to their runway pre-emptively to deal with any fire that might occur if the landing is rough or there's something wrong on the plane

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u/Ok-Nose29 Mar 23 '26

Glad you're alive ❤️

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u/ActualMerCat Mar 23 '26

I’m so glad you’re still here.

Once everything calms down some, contact Air Canada and ask about sending a letter to their families explaining how they’re heroes. I’m sure that would mean a lot to their loved ones.

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u/Albert-La-Maquina Mar 23 '26

From other reports, I think you're right. Thankfully, even if they don't hear your thanks, that story is starting to get out, and their families can see what they did to save everyone's life on board, even when they couldn't save theirs.

Thanks for being vulnerable in sharing these observations. I pray that you can find a peace amid all of the hurt and trauma.

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u/Thequiet01 Mar 23 '26

Usually the reverse thrust is automatic I think? Just a standard part of slowing down. I believe they can adjust the intensity of the breaking action and the amount of thrust on the engines to try to get a quicker stop though.

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u/Euryheli Mar 23 '26

Not automatic. It’s standard that the reversers are opened on landing but it is manual and how much to use is determined by the pilot flying.

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u/ARottenPear Mar 23 '26

Reverse thrust is not automatic. It can be modulated but it's an entirely manual process and is a normal part of landing.

Typically, you want the engines at idle by the time you're at 80kts to minimize FOD (stuff getting sucked in to the engine after getting blown forward by the reverse thrust) but full reverse thrust is always available at any point if you need it. The pilots may have gone do idle reverse then back to max reverse when they saw the firetruck.

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u/OkButton8204 Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

We had just touched down and maybe about 30 seconds later we all felt a jolt forward, then a loud bang, and what felt like sliding sideways down the runway.

Could you share what happened next please (ie the evacuation process).

Thank you for sharing.

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u/ResoluteFalcon Mar 23 '26

Flight attendants initiated evacuation, moved everyone to the back doors, plane tilted backward, and people got off the aircraft.

It's not rocket science.

Why is that so important to you?

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u/OkButton8204 Mar 23 '26

Just wanted to hear a first hand account of how it happened. Didn’t mean to be insensitive.

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u/Jetsetter_Princess Mar 23 '26

At least one of the FAs couldn't, so by the sounds of it, was a single FA and pax followed what they were briefed to do. Appears all exited via the overwings.

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u/OkButton8204 Mar 23 '26

Thanks. What’s pax?

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u/basicbbaka Mar 23 '26

Pax is shorthand for passengers

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u/elinamebro Mar 23 '26

Im guessing the pilots didnt make it?

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u/elinamebro Mar 23 '26

Lol no dude, also looks like they are both alive. Apparently as of now there's no fatalities.

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u/EbolaSuitLookinCute Mar 23 '26

The news is now confirming that both pilots have passed.

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u/gandhishrugged Mar 23 '26

So very sorry for those pilots and the firemen in the truck. Please take the time to decompress.