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Air France 447 Said To Have Suffered Deep Stall
from swbeyer
wrote 2 years 20 hours ago
I suspect that the pilots did not fully understand the "big picture", but were instead focusing on the various alarms and warnings that were going off. A stall is easy to recover from if one has sufficient altitude. Nose down and add power. Very simple. We'll know more on Friday when the initial report is released.
Air France 447 Said To Have Suffered Deep Stall
from swbeyer
wrote 1 year 52 weeks ago
The initial report was released this morning and although no conclusions have been drawn, it's fairly clear that the pilot error was a fundamental cause, due to improper reaction to the stall warning horn. The pilot pulled the nose up repeatedly and according to the report, maintained the nose up attitude (due to control inputs) for the entire 4 minute duration of the rapid descent.
This sounds like the same pilot error that was made by the Continental Connection pilot landing in Buffalo .... he over powered the stick shaker to pull the nose up when the stall warning sounded, causing an aggravated stall at just 1000 feet.
It's hard to believe that 3 experienced pilots could make such a basic mistake and not correct it over a 4 minute period, yet that's what the report implies.
Air France 447 Stalled at High Altitude, Official BEA Report Confirms
from swbeyer
wrote 1 year 52 weeks ago
The initial crash report of this morning draws no conclusions, but it's fairly clear that pilot error was a fundamental cause, due to improper reaction to the stall warning horn. The pilot pulled the nose up repeatedly and according to the report, maintained the nose up attitude (due to control inputs) for the entire 4 minute duration of the rapid descent.
This sounds like the same pilot error that was made by the Continental Connection pilot landing in Buffalo .... he over powered the stick shaker to pull the nose up when the stall warning sounded, causing an aggravated stall at just 1000 feet.
It's hard to believe that 3 experienced pilots could make such a basic mistake and not correct it over a 4 minute period, yet that's what the report implies.
Pilatus PC-12 Crashes in Florida, Killing Six
from swbeyer
wrote 49 weeks 5 days ago
I highly doubt that sabotage is a likely cause of this event. The Casey Anthony involvement was only on a single flight long ago. I'd surmise that a defective part or a maintenance error led to the in flight wing separation. It will be difficult to determine the root cause, but the NTSB will do their best.
I don't fault the Pilatus which has a good safety record, but obviously if there's a second incident like this one in the future, it would be cause for concern that the defect could be on other aircraft.
Pilatus PC-12 Crashes in Florida, Killing Six
from swbeyer
wrote 49 weeks 2 days ago
In the absence of a definitive report from the NTSB in regard to the cause of this tragic accident, there will inevitably be speculation in the media, by aviation experts and by amateurs on message boards. That is human nature and freedom of speech.
While I find it interesting to read discusssion as to the possible root causes of an aviation accident, I am most interested in reading the final report from the NTSB.
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