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To: Bon of Babble

His family filed suit against Amazon in 2019:

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-atlas-air-fatal-crash-pilots-sue-2019-9


4 posted on 02/26/2023 6:57:24 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

“The NTSB said on March 5 that the Boeing 767-300 cargo jet entered some turbulence shortly before the plane’s crash landing. Then, the engines increased to maximum thrust, after which the airplane pitch turned slightly up.”

Sounds like they were on autopilot, encountered a microburst and the AP was doing its job to keep the plane in the air and maintain the proper glide slope. The First Officer over reacted and pushed the nose hard over.


43 posted on 02/26/2023 10:54:50 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.)
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