Posted on 07/07/2013 6:01:04 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed at San Francisco's airport on Saturday was traveling "significantly below" its intended speed and its crew tried to abort the landing just seconds before it hit the seawall in front of the runway, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday.
Information collected from the plane's cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder indicated that there were no signs of trouble until seven seconds before impact, when the crew tried to accelerate, NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman said at a news conference at the airport.
A stall warning sounded four seconds before impact, and the crew tried to abort the landing and initiate what's known as a "go around" maneuver just 1.5 seconds before crashing, Hersman said.
"Air speed was significantly below the target airspeed," she said.
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I remember coming into LaGuardia in a storm and it was scary, seeing that water come at us. And I was only a passenger; not a pilot.
Not sure my last was sent....Whole different story. 160KIAS +fuel on final. 159 it started to feel mushy (suggestive number?) I later read that one reason the bird seemed to be underpowered was the engine and tailpipe were not aligned. (F-84F) Big difference in TO with token or no fuel in the drops. Lower the barrier, here I come, with full load.
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