Originally Posted by
hans brinker
...... If the pilots had looked at the airspeed in the 30 seconds before the crash, it should not have happened. I.....
Maybe it is insensitive to highlight this on a pilot's forum, but the crew* missed many things in those 30+ seconds, at a point in the flight where their attention should have been at maximum (stay away from the edges of the air).
They missed multiple warning signs:
- rad alt height indication mismatch
- autothrottle indicating ‘retard flare’ mode
- throttles retarding
- engine indications showing idle
- speed decreasing
- speed colour change and flash
- AoA increasing
- pitch increasing to 17 degrees
- too much sky in the windows
- did I miss anything?
*"As this was a ‘Line Flight Under Supervision’, there were three crew members in the cockpit, namely the captain, who was also acting as instructor, the first officer who had to gain experience on the route of the flight and who was accordingly flying under supervision, and a safety pilot who was observing the flight."
"Safety pilot"
My point is that avionics do fail, but the crew is meant to monitor and do something about it.