Turkish Airlines disputes crash inquiry findings on stall recovery

[clr4theapch]

Good video recreation of this accident..

http://www.flightglobal.com/article...crash-inquiry-findings-on-stall-recovery.html

 

[RJ Bum]

nice find, thanks for posting

 

[clr4theapch]

I try.. some on the boards thinl I am a mean ol moderator stuck on a power trip... nothing could be further from that idea..

 

[ultrarunner]

I'm not a Boeing guy, but I do find a couple of things interesting about the design...

1. the auto-throttle system is biased to listen to a single radar-altimeter when the two units on board disagree.

2. the auto-throttle system does not respect the stick-shaker or actual stall in the configuration they were in.

 

[EatinRamen]

I am a Boeing guy, and I find a couple of things interesting about the crew...
1. They failed to scan the FMA to see which of the ap/at modes were engaged. They should have noticed that FLARE was engaged prior to g/s intercept.
2. Neither of the crew scanned their flight instruments during final approach and failed to notice the speed falling below their selected Vref speed. The third set of eyes in the cockpit jumpseat failed to notice this too.
3. All the 121 airlines I've worked for have trained me to have my hands on the yoke and on the thrust levers all the way down an instrument approach while the autopilot is on so that I am ready to take control of the aircraft if either the auto pilot or auto thrust system fails at any time.