Originally posted by Skywatcher
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Second, the fact that they joined the localizer very high. They were obliged to perform a -1400 feet/sec to join the slope at (only) 1330 feet. So they were only fully established (flaps 40) at 900 feet!! Another very stressing situation. Now, one thing I would like to know is if they had any chance to read the landing checklist until that moment, I'm sure they didn't because the aircraft was not 100% configured. At 770 feet they were still busy setting 144 knots on the box.
So, now they were finally breathing a bit, maybe they decided to go (finally) on the landing checklist and missed those decisive 20-25 seconds were the speed decayed. They were on a death trap, no way to get out of that.
In my sincere opinion, most of the things I have been reading here are very unfair to the pilots, those guys were absolutely overwhelmed with huge work load on the final stage of the flight. They did a big mistake (missing that speed decay between 770 and 460 feet) but we have (or we must) to understand what was going on that cockpit.
My honest five cents.
In my sincere opinion, most of the things I have been reading here are very unfair to the pilots, those guys were absolutely overwhelmed with huge work load on the final stage of the flight. They did a big mistake (missing that speed decay between 770 and 460 feet) but we have (or we must) to understand what was going on that cockpit.
My honest five cents.
But these guys allowed the aircraft to crash. I say again, they ALLOWED the aircraft to crash. They made bone head mistakes that disgust most pilots.
The crash was caused by the flight crew failing to apply basic airmanship while operating an aircraft loaded with passengers. Had they done so, the aircraft would be in service today.
Had these guys survived, they should have been banned from all form of commercial aviation. IMO this accident was inexcusable.
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