Note the columns of analog instruments near the pilot´s right hand. I think these operate independently, with airspeed through a different pitot tube. Were these compromised too? Pilots? Anyone?
Posted on 05/28/2011 6:34:47 PM PDT by lbryce
Cruising at 35,000 feet and nearly four hours into what seemed a routine overnight flight to Paris from Rio de Janeiro, an Air France cockpit crew got a stall warning and responded by doing what even weekend pilots know to avoid: They yanked the nose of the plane up instead of pointing it down to gain essential speed.
Apparently confused by repeated stall warnings and reacting to wildly fluctuating airspeed indications, pilots of Flight 447 continued to pull back sharply on the controls—contrary to standard procedure—even as the Airbus A330 plummeted toward the Atlantic Ocean, according to information released Friday by French accident investigators. The June 2009 crash ton board,
The pilots' actions are likely to lead to a global shake-up in pilot training that reappraises the role of computer aids, as aviation-safety experts increasingly worry that many airlines scrimp on drilling manual flying techniques.
Still to be answered is how seasoned pilots for a top airline, flying one of the industry's most advanced jets, violated such a fundamental rule of airmanship.
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Hey, better than mine. Do you have a larger copy? Pleeze???
Do you know about the AF296 crash? Watch the video and find out what happens when an Airbus flight computer and a pilot fight with each other.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX4_Ho992TQ
If you lose your pitot tube and are not getting any speed info but you see your VSI telling you that your airplane is dropping at a rate of -10,000+ feet/min you might think that you might be in a dive/overspeed situation and want to pull up.
Hope someone at least said, “Great save!” to Jerry!
This is just one of many available designed panels that are available when you place your order with the manufacturer.
No, I don’t . . . sorry. And I’m evacuating this thread because the yahoos have arrived.
Okay, thanks anyway. BTW, I receive the NTSB Reporter that lists all significant aircraft accidents. I’m waiting for this Air France crash to be reported.
NOVA documentary about AF447 before the data recorders were recovered.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecX1wxWjpgs
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDsy-TCLfwg&feature=related
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otkPewDA-6E&feature=related
Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ0ScIg04pw&feature=related
It’s amazing how much the ACARs data fits with the flight data recorder.
I think there is a TD out on this aircraft regarding the probe heat.
Early in jet powered commercial aviation, they had looked at a system for ejecting the passengers. The sides of the plane would blow off panels, a rail would extend, and the seats would shoot out sideways and away from the tail ( up or down depending on the aircraft).each row would have it’s own chute. The idea was killed due to the passenger revenue that would have been lost because the weight of the safety system would have reduced available passenger load by about 30%. Fly the friendly skies.....
Had a pitot tube failure om my Cardinal-RG after an annual. The heater burned though the Polyethelene tubing for the airspeed indicator.
Since I was close enough, I used the DME indicated airspeed until I entered downwind and felt my way down to a hot landing ............................ FRegards
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