CargoOne: “Any news on FDR/CVR readout?”
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said the MK Airlines jet was rolling down the runway at 150 mph, about 35 mph slower than it should have been, when it crashed Oct. 14 at Halifax International Airport, the Globe and Mail reported Saturday.
"In order to get to (the minimum 184 mph) within the available runway, they needed more thrust," Bill Fowler of the TSBC said Friday. The jumbo jet was barely airborne when it rocketed off the end of the runway and crashed into a wooded area, killing all seven crew members.
He said a flight data recorder recovered from the wreckage last weekend indicated the 747's four engines were functioning normally. Fowler wouldn't speculate why the plane didn't have enough thrust.