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Old 07-07-2013 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
These guys were supposedly an experienced crew. I have no evidence whatsoever to support this, but I wonder if they were trying to salvage a high energy approach (as is typical with SFO) with speed brakes, and forgot to retract them?

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The NTSB just said that that the the throttles were at idle and they were slow, though.

I wonder if the flying pilot was "out of it" in some way?