Today, A Boeing 737 Was Descending Around New York, It Crashed Into The Hills Near JFK Airport And LaGuardia
Wreckage Was Found 22 Miles From The Original Crash Site, 30 Aboard, 22 Survived
Cause Of Crash: Fuel Exhaustion
Pilots: John D. Bui | Valentina Y. Hayley
Crash: At this point, realizing that reigniting both damaged, malfunctioning engines was futile, the pilots scouted the area and contemplated their options for a crash-landing on the swampy wetland, as no runway was reachable with the remaining altitude and airspeed. As the aircraft descended through the lower layer of storm clouds, the pilots saw a wide canal in front of them and initially decided to ditch in the river with the flaps and gear retracted. Captain Dardano lined up with the canal in an industrial area east of the airport and stretched the glide, to try to have it glide the longest possible distance without stalling while First Officer Lopez went through the ditching checklist, and configured the aircraft for a water landing. Lopez spotted a grass levee to the right of the canal, and suggested that the emergency landing be attempted there. Dardano agreed, and deadsticked the crippled plane in an unpowered glide onto the narrow grass hill on the grounds of the realizing that reigniting both damaged, malfunctioning engines was futile, the pilots scouted the area and contemplated their options for a crash-landing on the swampy wetland, as no runway was reachable with the remaining altitude and airspeed. As the aircraft descended through the lower layer of storm clouds, the pilots saw a wide canal in front of them and initially decided to ditch in the river with the flaps and gear retracted, The Captain lined up with the canal in an industrial area east of the airport and stretched the glide, to try to have it glide the longest possible distance without stalling while The First Officer went through the ditching checklist, and configured the aircraft for a water landing. Lopez spotted a grass hill to the right of the canal, and suggested that the emergency landing be attempted there. The Co-Pilot agreed, and deadsticked the crippled plane in an unpowered glide onto the narrow grass hill on the grounds of the Avianca 52 Crash Site Memorial