Originally Posted by
20driver
Because the airplane ended up in a smoking hole?
No.
My question is: WHY did the "flying of the aircraft" not actually happen? Not "prove that it didn't happen".
The crew at some point did not keep the fundamental parameters in check. I'll give you some examples as to why this may happen:
Didn't know that you had to fly the DAMN aircraft (737 Driver style)
Misdiagnosis
Distraction - both pilots
Volume of failure information leading to cognitive overload
Conflicting information leading to cognitive overload
Insufficient training, resulting in difficulty diagnosing, leading to cognitive overload
Lack of systems knowledge, resulting in difficulty diagnosing, leading to cognitive overload
Multiple failures, some not able to be cancelled, resulting in cognitive overload.
etc (looking for 737 Drivers viewpoint)
If I asked WHY the crew just did not "fly the aircraft" in the Eastern 401 accident, everyone knows the answer. So WHY did it happen here?