WSJ: Pilot action may have led to Q400 crash
02-17-2009, 09:18 PM
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WSJ: Pilot action may have led to Q400 crash
Pilot Action May Have Led to Crash - WSJ.com
Investigators examining last week's Continental Connection plane crash have gathered evidence that pilot commands -- not a buildup of ice on the wings and tail -- likely initiated the fatal dive of the twin-engine Bombardier Q400 into a neighborhood six miles short of the Buffalo, N.Y., airport, according to people familiar with the situation.
Investigators examining last week's Continental Connection plane crash have gathered evidence that pilot commands -- not a buildup of ice on the wings and tail -- likely initiated the fatal dive of the twin-engine Bombardier Q400 into a neighborhood six miles short of the Buffalo, N.Y., airport, according to people familiar with the situation.
02-17-2009, 09:35 PM
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The latest theory I heard from my fellow Dash-8 pilots is the possibility of a deep stall being initiated from the initial 31 deg pitch up. Now what caused that pitch up is still very open for debate.
02-17-2009, 09:35 PM
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Are we really starting threads about blaming the pilots before the NTSB has finished their jobs?
Lets have a little respect and not go down this road. We sit and talk how the media jumps on every opportunity to blame the pilots and now we are posting this on here?
If you were involved in a crash that killed you and others wouldn't you want your fellow pilots to give you the benefit of waiting until the investigation was done before posting negative speculation?
Lets have a little respect and not go down this road. We sit and talk how the media jumps on every opportunity to blame the pilots and now we are posting this on here?
If you were involved in a crash that killed you and others wouldn't you want your fellow pilots to give you the benefit of waiting until the investigation was done before posting negative speculation?
02-17-2009, 09:40 PM
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WOW this is probably one of the worst reports that I have read on this accident, yet... He says in the article the NTSB is still investigating but the headline says:
Flight Data Show Response to Loss of Speed Resulted in Deadly Stall That Downed Plane
Wow.. un-freaking believable. And the whole article was speculation including the nice reference at the end of the 410 Pinnacle crash which has absolutley no similarity to this crash whatsoever. I'm thinking of responding to this moron who wrote this article.
Flight Data Show Response to Loss of Speed Resulted in Deadly Stall That Downed Plane
Wow.. un-freaking believable. And the whole article was speculation including the nice reference at the end of the 410 Pinnacle crash which has absolutley no similarity to this crash whatsoever. I'm thinking of responding to this moron who wrote this article.
02-17-2009, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by The Juice
Are we really starting threads about blaming the pilots before the NTSB has finished their jobs?
Lets have a little respect and not go down this road. We sit and talk how the media jumps on every opportunity to blame the pilots and now we are posting this on here?
If you were involved in a crash that killed you and others wouldn't you want your fellow pilots to give you the benefit of waiting until the investigation was done before posting negative speculation?
Lets have a little respect and not go down this road. We sit and talk how the media jumps on every opportunity to blame the pilots and now we are posting this on here?
If you were involved in a crash that killed you and others wouldn't you want your fellow pilots to give you the benefit of waiting until the investigation was done before posting negative speculation?
Let the investigation be carried out. Stop buying the CNN/Fox News hype.
02-17-2009, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by The Juice
If you were involved in a crash that killed you and others wouldn't you want your fellow pilots to give you the benefit of waiting until the investigation was done before posting negative speculation?
02-17-2009, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by flyinaway411
if the article ****es you off, click the comments tab above it!
my brain hurts from the responses!! UGHHH
my brain hurts from the responses!! UGHHH
I took it further and sent my anger in the form of an email to the writers of the junk.
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