Originally Posted by
Nordhavn
Would a full thrust T/O at flaps 20 on a 5 hour flight pitch out at 20 degrees? I hadn't heard they pitched down to minus 10 in their "recovery". That is very curious.
They were over 16 degrees nose down descending at about 150 feet per second at one point. The pullout was 2.66 G’s at the peak with flaps extended. The 777 is a tough airplane!
14:50:51– Vertical speed and pitch attitude continued a negative downward trend to reach a maximum of -8,536 feet per minute and -16.74 degrees respectively while at 1,386 feet (radio altitude)
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Documen...%20UAL-Rel.pdf