But they do “slow” down to approach. You don’t drive 35mph directly into your garage and then hit the brakes...or do you???!!!
But they do “slow” down to approach. You don’t drive 35mph directly into your garage and then hit the brakes...or do you???!!!
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Yes, but I also don’t drive 5 mph on my entire commute from the office either.
No, but my wife does....
As much as I'd love to insert a "wife" joke here, I won't. But, I believe that the plane remained at altitude up to the point that they had realized they overshot their destination. If they were at altitude, they probably didn't reduce their airspeed, which would indicate that they were out of radio contact for a considerable amount of distance before they even approached their destination.
That begs the question, did they not respond to radio calls from control, and did the tower even attempt to contact the aircraft. Long story short, how after 9/11 can a plane either on course, or especially off course, go 1.5 hours in complete radio silence. Why were there no fighters scrambled when a plane has gone silent for well over an hour? It sounds like their could be some other systemic problems at play here in addition to pilot incompetence or negligence.
No, my Mercedes does that with the cruise control crash-avoidance software!