There are some things about the 587 accident that have disturbed me for several years.
The first of these is the length of time that the crew remained in the wake turbulance. This has been portrayed as a significant time on the order of perhaps fifteen seconds. If indeed the wake turbulance was severe enough to require full control deflection, and the crew suspected wake turbulance, why didn't they simply decrease their climb and get below it? Why for that matter not a slight turn in either direction to achieve the same result: that of exiting the wake stream?
Also, I've seen some references that indicate that the PF asked for full power. Given that full control deflection was being required it seems obvious in any case that severe turbulance was being encountered from whatever source. Why then would the PF increase power rather than reducing and coming back on the yoke?
These things are very strange...
Last edited by GCMSGuru; 02-17-2009 at 05:45 AM.
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