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“We stand by” our crew training programs, the company said in the statement.

But they don't say whether they stand by their hiring standards... A simple student pilot recovery maneuver would have saved the plane and all aboard... The media's unresearched biases also prove to be wrong - once again...

1 posted on 03/26/2009 2:37:42 PM PDT by IFly4Him
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To: IFly4Him

Stall recovery from what altitude? I betcha that plane needs over 1000’ to recover from a low-speed, single wing airfoil stall. Don’t KNOW that, but just guessing.

*IF* they stalled one wing on approach, they were in deep weeds, obviously.

I’ll agree it does look a lot like pilot error.


2 posted on 03/26/2009 2:41:40 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: IFly4Him
it was flying and reacting normally to cockpit commands when its speed bled off and it went into a fatal roll

Very strange circumstance then 

3 posted on 03/26/2009 2:42:03 PM PDT by valkyry1
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To: IFly4Him

OK, you’re right. Stall warning, stick shaker ... and the pilot pulled back on the column. Yikes.

Then one wing apparently stalled and they rolled over hard.

Tragic.


6 posted on 03/26/2009 2:46:35 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: IFly4Him
BS. How do they know how much ice had accumulated on the wings? Ice didn't cause it but we don't know what did. (Why do we let bureaucrats do anything?)

ML/NJ

7 posted on 03/26/2009 2:58:12 PM PDT by ml/nj
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