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4. I'll bet the people working ATC at the time will have a few tapes played back

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 11:28 PM

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One might think that ATC would have spotted a landing aircraft coming in that low way before it got critical. Of course, if the pilots were getting faulty readings from their onboard system, that’s something else entirely. The FAA has some investigatin’ to do.

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United flight strikes light pole, damages truck while landing in Newark [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sunday OP

Are they servinng hard liquor cocktails in the plane cockpits now ? magicarpet Sunday #1

The plane's tires brushed the TOP of the truck. They say God helped the safe landing. bucolic_frolic Sunday #2

Those pilots should lose their licenses IMO... wcmagumba Sunday #3

I'll bet the people working ATC at the time will have a few tapes played back DFW Sunday #4

Well, yes, I was also thinking ATC as the culprit. ananda Monday #8

NTSB to investigate United plane that struck pole on NJ Turnpike mahatmakanejeeves Monday #5

This message was self-deleted by its author mahatmakanejeeves Monday #6

Severe down drafts/wind shear about the only reason that isn't pilot error EX500rider Monday #7

That and faulty ILS equipment (ground or plane) Angleae 15 hrs ago #10

Yeah except it's obvious in the vid that the conditions are VFR. They knew they were low Bengus81 14 hrs ago #11

In other words, they're dumbshits. Angleae 14 hrs ago #12

That runway, #29 at Newark is visual approach only, no ILS, PAPI lights only (Precision Approach Path Indicator) EX500rider 13 hrs ago #13

So they would have been getting red lights on the PAPI all the way in Bengus81 13 hrs ago #14

Going to be a interesting CVR, somebody should have been questioning whether this was a stable approach or not.. EX500rider 13 hrs ago #15

We should wait for the full investigation. It's possible that the bakery truck was flying too high! lol EX500rider 13 hrs ago #16

Ex-Navy pilot thought the truck was an Aircraft Carrier. Wonder Why Monday #9

This was posted at Airliners.net: EX500rider 12 hrs ago #17