The National Transportation Safety Board
today determined the probable cause of the crash on landing
of a FedEx cargo aircraft was the first officer's failure to
properly apply crosswind landing techniques to align the
airplane with the runway centerline and to properly arrest
the airplanes descent rate before the airplane's touchdown.
Additionally, the captain's failure to adequately monitor
the first officer's performance and command or initiate
corrective action during the final approach and landing
contributed to the accident, the Board said.
Shouldn't this be amended to read that the primary fault lay with the Captain for insufficient monitoring, and the FOs sh!t landing listed under 'additionally'? Isn't that why Capts get paid more - responsibility?
The first officer and one nonrevenue pilot received
minor injuries during the evacuation.
...presumably when the Capt tw@tted her one after they got out.....!
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