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The problem is they did not know there airspeed and they did not understand they where stalling. The airspeed issue related to simple icing. Stalling was a lit
by onemoreact 15y ago
The problem is they did not know there airspeed and they did not understand they where stalling. The airspeed issue related to simple icing. Stalling was a little more complex than that. They had plenty of indications that they where stalling one of the pilots simply did not believe them.
- mikeash 15y agoDoesn't matter. You're descending at 10,000fpm. Your nose is up. This is wrong, no matter what else is going on. First order of business: point the nose in the same direction that the airplane is actually flying. Everything else can wait.
- jodrellblank 15y agoAside: Using the word "simply" glosses over the interesting bits. Why did a pilot, a 32 year old, with Air France for 4-5 years, qualified to fly the A330 (for 2 months), with "under 3,000 hours of experience" [NYTimes] (so, a couple of thousand hours) not believe the stall warning? And what can humans do to guard against that? That's an interesting question, "simply" doesn't do it justice. [ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/world/europe/28flight.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/world/europe/28flight.html... ]