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Reading your comment, I thought "how bad is a high-altitude stall anyway? it's obviously undesirable, but what makes it dangerous? possibly entering a flat spin
by asteli 8y ago
Reading your comment, I thought "how bad is a high-altitude stall anyway? it's obviously undesirable, but what makes it dangerous? possibly entering a flat spin?"
Doing a little digging, it seems that there's also a significant risk of entering an overspeed condition during recovery, and inducing a structural failure! Makes sense considering that we're talking about speeds near Mach 1 to begin with.
- pdx_flyer 8y agoAir France 447.
- asteli 8y agoThat's... a bit different? AF447 is a classic case of human factors in aviation accidents. The stall would have been completely recoverable if the pilot had nosed down.
- pdx_flyer 8y agoTrue, but it started as a high speed/high altitude stall and ended because of poor pilot choices. It was in and out of the coffin corner before the pilots realized what was happening.