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Old 9th Feb 2022, 17:37
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The sink rate once lined up is severe; so, how did it develop and what was the pilot doing about it once perceived (timely or delayed)? How was the airframe and engine responding to the pilot inputs?

So if the approach suddenly deteriorates past recoverable, would it help to bank away to miss the carrier and crew before ejecting? Perhaps recovery would have been possible before hitting the water, but with that sink rate it didn't look likely.
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