Aviation Expert Tells KCAL9 ‘Pilot Error’ Might Be Cause Of Deadly Plane Crash

CBSLA.com) ^ | July 6, 2013 11:56 PM

[Carriage Hill]

Just gut-wrenching. RIP, ‘HotShots’...

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[tpmintx]

I agree that the chart is very interesting.

This looks it's going to be a lot like the Costa Concordia in Italy -
The captain was sightseeing right before the incident.

[Carriage Hill]

That was just amazing, considering the initial and secondary impacts. I posted on yesterday’ crash thread, several witnesses decribing “cartwheeling’, and now I see it! So lucky it didn’t flip-over and disintegrate/explode completely, on secondary impact.

God was truly on-scene...

[Thud]

I agree. The sturdy construction of the Boeing 777 fuselage is amazing. The impact video shows the immediate post-impact airframe stresses as the plane rolled violently, with alternate wings up in the air. Then the whole airframe slams down and spins INTACT.

"The fuselage stayed mostly intact, though I have no idea how. That saved HUNDREDS of lives."

[miliantnutcase]

Yeah, she skimmed the water a bit it seems.

[BenLurkin]

That thought occurred to me as well. I imagine the cockpit recorder might answer the question,

[Senator_Blutarski]

That thought occurred to me as well. I imagine the cockpit recorder might answer the question...

Excuse me if this is a silly question, but didn't the flight crew survive? Has anyone asked them what happened?

[BenLurkin]

They are probably answering lots of questions right now.

[Travis McGee]

They have a history, folks.

[az_gila]

Is anyone listening to this FAA woman doing the live press conference on FNC?
She is speaking to everyone like they are special needs 1st graders.

I swear, what is it with democrats and talking to us like we are stupid children?

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That level is probably appropriate for speaking to the press, (D) or (R)...

[NonValueAdded]

Given that pic and the start of the fire that eventually consumed the cabin, there must be rescue stories of how those passengers with spinal injuries were helped off the plane.

[Tzfat]

Any airline pilot will tell you, a visual approach is the most difficult. If glideslope was OTS and or PAPI OTS, then the only other issues for NTSB will be CRM (Asian cultural issues) and fatigue management.

[Travis McGee]

Has to be. No other explanation. Or passenger heroes who ran back in, or who carried folks out on their first trips.

Many complained that ambulances were 20 minutes in coming. They were begging firefighters to do medical care, they were more ready to fight a massive fire than to rescue 100s of walking injured, much less the burnt and paralyzed trapped inside.

Books will be written, documentaries, etc.

[Wurlitzer]

Maybe the pilot was listening to that FAA spokeswoman and was put into a coma after 50,000 words describing the obvious.

Boy does she love to hear herself speak! I will give her credit she speaks well, clear and enunciates well but good grief, it does not take that many commas in a spoken sentence to describe what she did not know happened.

[BenLurkin]

Maybe she spends all day trying to get Suri to understand what she is asking her.

[ANGGAPO]

I think that when the pilot realized that he was going to be short, it took 3 seconds for the engines to spool up to full power. And that was 2 seconds to long.

[NonValueAdded]

Heroes indeed!

There as a comment that TSA wouldn’t let the ambulances onto the airport property w/o inspection. That needs a follow-up.

[BenLurkin]

Sorry. Siri not Suri.

[USNBandit]

Interesting. One of the passengers reported hearing the engines run up prior to impact. Maybe an accidental disconnect of auto throttles and didn’t realize it until it was too late.

[USNBandit]

She is talking to the press.