Cork Airport plane crash

from Sky News:
Six people have died and six are injured after a small commuter plane crashed at Cork Airport on its way from Belfast.
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) said the Manx2 Avia flight with 10 passengers and two crew had crashed on its third attempt at landing in heavy fog.
The plane apparently struck the runway before flipping over and coming to a stop 1,000ft away. The front was engulfed in flames.

Four of the wounded are seriously injured and two are said to be in comfortable condition.
The airport has been closed since the crash, which happened at around 10am.
Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness had been due to be on the ill-fated flight until his plans changed.
He said: "The loss of lives is awful and our hearts go out to the families of all those who have been bereaved and indeed the families of those people who have been injured."
The IAA statement said: "The aircraft made an approach to Runway 17 in low-visibility conditions and went around and did not land and attempted a second landing on Runway 35.
"The aircraft then went around a second time and came back for an approach to Runway 17.

Manx2, which operates only as a booking service for flights, has been running the Belfast City to Cork route since October 2010. The airline, which was founded in the Isle of Man, carries more than 100,000 passengers each year.
The company said: "We are working with all relevant authorities to establish what happened. We would like to express our sincere sympathies to the families of those who lost their lives in this tragic accident."

 

I see the problem there. Why is it so foggy?

I could only imagine how thick it must have been to have fog as literally blinding the pilots. My comment about the whether conditions there must really be a burden as nature seems to make it rather difficult during these times.

It could have been a human error like what LoonyLion said, but I would have to blame it on the fog. If I were driving an airplane in that atmosphere, I would rather land somewhere else.

 

It would have been safer, but tight schedules are always on the pilots' minds. So whenever the plane is destined to land, it must follow a strict time limit.

 

I'm sure if the pilot thought it was too dangerous and lives were on the line, he would make the right decision to go somewhere else.

Such a shame to hear of the lives lost.

 

I was trying to understand how far it would have taken for them to land on the nearest airport, but it seems geographically they didn't even bother to go the extra mile.

And apparently the pilot was following the "three strikes rule," and three strikes you are outta the ball game. So this pilot wasn't even cautionary to say the least.

 

Same deal here, I've been on many flights and most (give or take a few) have always took a very long time due to weather conditions. I had to wait 2 hours in a plane in Denver coming back from California because of a blizzard or something to that effect.

Safety should always be the number 1 priority on the aircraft, I highly doubt there should be anything but that as a first priority.

Fucking edit.

What is this three strikes rule among pilots? Doesn't make sense to me.

 

I was making an analogy based on his third time around the airplane made an attempted landing...

...with baseball three strikes means out, pilot goes around three times means out. Ugh, never mind.

 

Terrible analogy, enough said.

 

What he should of done was after two failed attempt 'realise' that's its not safe and make another option.

 

what other option did he have? the plane could have been low on fuel. you can't just fly in circles until the fog eases up.
also, the fog lasted most of that day, meaning the circles option was out of the question. Also, the pilots were Spanish so they might not have been familiar with Cork Airport

 

my mistake.
but still, they didn't have many other options