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Old 03-14-2019, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Mazster View Post
This is exactly what has been puzzling me. The two pilots on the previous flight were familiar with the CUT OUT switches and the two on the accident flight were not? The earlier two even proved the problem by activating the switches again which initiated the AND condition again before shutting them off for the rest of the flight. If you look at the DFDR graph on the initial report, the accident crew looked to be fighting the automation to the end.
I think this is related to the phase of flight they were in. As I recall the first crew had the issue occur in cruise, so they had altitude, energy and time to figure things out. The second crew had everything go to hell on them right after rotation.... stick shaker, trim wheels spinning, stall warnings, etc. They didn't have a lot of energy or altitude to play with.
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