More details on Continental Flight 3407. More info at AVweb
1 posted on
02/16/2009 5:00:40 AM PST by
GBA
To: GBA
2 posted on
02/16/2009 5:03:22 AM PST by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: GBA
Classic ice-induced stall/spin. Rate of descent was 9,000 feet per minute.
4 posted on
02/16/2009 5:07:25 AM PST by
pabianice
To: GBA
What kind of idiot uses autopilot during icy weather? What do the pilot and co pilot have to do other than fly the plane? Ipod? Video games? Naptime?
18 posted on
02/16/2009 6:18:13 AM PST by
Hacklehead
(Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
To: GBA
It sounds a lot like the behavior of the jet that crashed into the Patomic in the 80s. It had icing on the wings and the ice reduced lift and increased drag. The plane pitches up to compensate and stalls and crashes.
19 posted on
02/16/2009 6:19:23 AM PST by
mbynack
(Retired USAF SMSgt)
To: GBA
Was anyone drinking coffee?
29 posted on
02/16/2009 7:43:03 AM PST by
jetson
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