Originally Posted by
derjodel
So Fly Dubai, Lion Air and now Atlas all share:
- Boeing airplane
- Nosedive
Lion Air is probably an outlier, but then again, what if all 3 have trim management in common? Because at least Lion and FlyDubai do.
In Addition Fly Dubai and Atlas both share low visibility and approach/final, right? And somebody mentioned constant speed. It seems Atlas air was actually slowing down and FlyDubai was just slightly accelerating, both despite nose down, if FR data is to be trusted (can't post links, sorry).
Seems like some kind of a pattern, doesn't it?
It is physically impossible to do a steep dive in a big jet without accelerating. Even with the power pulled back to flight idle the plane will accelerate very quickly in a steep dive. The kinetic and especially location energy is simply too high compared to the aerodynamic drag of a jet. That is a different story in propeller driven aircraft where the propellers add a lot of drag at low power settings.