I find it surprising that for the aircraft, the bottom just seemed to drop right out from under it. What was their altitude, around 2300 feet? Oughtn’t there have been time to at least inform the control tower that they were in trouble and losing altitude?
Oughtn’t there have been time to at least inform the control tower that they were in trouble and losing altitude?
Lots of people asking that question!
I’m assuming it has to with ice....the de-icer most likely malfunctioned. This particular plane apparently had a new apparatus that supposingly rids the place of ice with new breakers or soemthing......I’ll be they were made in China.
One of the aviation type talking heads this morning said that an ice problem, at 2300 feet, might have caught them quite by surprise and given them something like 8 seconds to even attempt to regain control.....no time to be telling some tower you've got a spot of bother.