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Well, you won't have met them then: "The captain of the flight was Captain Gustavo R. Weigel (45) and the co-pilot was Luis Etcheverry (31). The captain had 6,5
by jerf 7y ago
Well, you won't have met them then: "The captain of the flight was Captain Gustavo R. Weigel (45) and the co-pilot was Luis Etcheverry (31). The captain had 6,500 hours of flying experience, of which 1,700 had been in a Boeing 737, the type of aircraft that was in the accident. The co-pilot had flown about 600 of his 4,000 hours in the 737. Both pilots died in the accident."
- gus_massa 7y agoI know. My university is nearby and the bus I used in that years passed by the street the plane crossed before crashing. I took the bus next day and the street was full of debris an the investigation team was still blocking it, so the bus had to take a long detour around the airport. The part about the checklist is more clear in the Spanish version of the article, but it's not 100% clear, now I'm not sure if it was confirmed or it was only a rumor. Something like they forget to read the second part of the checklist because they were distracted by someone, so they forget to open the flags. When the alarm sound, they ignore it because they have a similar alarm that always sound due to a malfunction. There were also some logistic problems, like a schedule with less rest time than required. As always, there is more than only one cause.
- blackflame7000 7y agoThe problem of taking off without the flaps/slats extended has happened multiple times too. It's on the checklist 3 separate times now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_1141 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_1141 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanair_Flight_5022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanair_Flight_5022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_255 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_255