Originally Posted by
tdracer
I've been wondering the same - 186 kts doesn't sound dangerously slow to me. More like the PF was distracted then startled when he realized they were approaching stall and shoved the wheel forward.
Did they get a stick-shaker, or did the pilot just realize they were going way to slow?
Regardless if it was dangerous, the crew selected an airspeed of 250. For the aircraft to reach a speed of 186 means a loss of 64 kts IAS that wasn't noticed or corrected.
That's a safety issue.