Originally Posted by
Jetheat
For e.g:
A twin prop commuter aircraft was commanded by a pilot who was also a senior manager in the airline and known to be somewhat irascible. The F/O was junior in the company and still in his probation period. It was at the end of an already long day, and the captain was plainly annoyed when company Ops asked for a further flight, but he reluctantly undertook it. During the approach at the end of his leg, the First Officer went through the approach checks but received no response at all from the captain. Rather than question or challenge the Captain, the First officer sat tight and let the captain get on with it.
The aircraft flew into the ground short of the runway because the First officer did nothing to intervene. It transpired that the captain had failed to respond to the checks not because he was in a bad mood but because he had died during the approach.
Can you give a few more details on this accident please? I'd like to look up the official NTSB or AAIB report online.