# The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499 "2011-10-23T02:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6527
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/6527 "2024-08-11T11:56:30Z")
See also this current thread: > [@Pilots: what caused Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 to crash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-what-caused-voepass-linhas-aereas-flight-2283-to-crash/1005550): > > In case you missed it, a plane carrying 62 people crashed in Brazil yesterday: There’s not much official speculation about the cause yet. Video footage from the ground (you can find lots of clips on YouTube) shows the plane coming pretty much straight down in something close to a flat spin, and it sounds like it may have been descending like this from near cruising altitude until it pancaked on the ground. Crash scene photos show the fuselage pancaked from top to bottom, consistent with havi… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499)._