A report from Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council confirms that the captain of the ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft mistakenly switched off the plane's working engine after the other lost power. (Photo: TVBS via CNN)
Posted on 07/02/2015 11:56:30 AM PDT by BenLurkin
"Wow, pulled back the wrong side throttle."
These are the words of the captain of TransAsia Airways Flight GE235, eight seconds before the plane clipped a bridge and plunged into a Taiwanese river mere minutes after takeoff, killing 43 people on board.
The latest report by Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council into the February crash confirms that the captain of the ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft mistakenly switched off the plane's working engine after the other lost power.
The plane is designed to be able to be flown on one engine.
The report also showed that the captain had failed simulator training less than a year earlier, partly because he had demonstrated a lack of knowledge of how to respond to engine flameout at takeoff.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnnphilippines.com ...
Wow? Wouldn’t “Oops” be more appropriate?
Capt. Sum Ting Wong at is again?
“Capt. Sum Ting Wong at is again?”
Along with first officer Wei Tu Lo!
Captain Hee Fak Ahp
Sad.
So many stereotypical opportunities here.
I will never fly in an Asian operated airline.
“Capt. Sum Ting Wong at is again?”
Watch CNN tonight. Just saying
Pilot error. Again. As usual. Unbelievable the pilot would throttle down the wrong engine.
Survived by his brother Ho Lee Shet.
So he failed similation in a turboprop. Why didn’t they put him in a jumbojet?
And the Flight Stewardess, Wih Wil Dii.
And the Co-Pilot, Flih’n Tuu Brij.
Pilot error. Again. As usual. Unbelievable the pilot would throttle down the wrong engine.
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And then jibber jabber about it, rather than fixing the mistake.
The Flight Controller in the tower, an American: Hugh D’Plow Ground
Lord have mercy.
TransAsia Flight 235 videos:
(roll tape...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvwHwq4L0cY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUoGQZrHhWM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-T_ku9NWC4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibSOEE-5fTs
It’s amazing they weren’t all killed.
This actually happened on an airplane I was on back in the day on a KC-135Q. The fire light for the #2 engine came on due to a compressor stall that damaged the #1 engine shutting it down, while the Co-Pilot reached up and pulled the fire switch for the #3 engine. It was like the 3 Stooges with both pilots slapping each other’s hands to push the fire switch back in (too late cut out the #3) and then pull the #2 engine fire switch. Went from a 4 engine to 1 engine aircraft in seconds. Thank God it only happened at 90 knots or I would not be here to share.
“To the Tower! Rapunzel!’
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