sky9
Keeping Danny in Sandwiches
Join Date: May 1999
Location: UK
Posts: 961
Looking at the graphs in the AAIB report, it would appear to me that if the crew had brought the flaps up to 20 and and accepted a speed close to the F30 bug speed (i.e the go around speed) with the remaining residual thrust there would have been a very good chance of getting the aircraft down in one piece. ( I write this as a retired 767 capt so am not familiar with the 777).
This is not a reflection on the crew of the aircraft but a suggestion for the future, has anyone tried it in the sim?
Yes, you can make the runway in the sim.
Flaps 20 is half leading edge slats. Large drag reduction with small increase in approach/stall speed.
Residual thrust was greater than idle.
Slowing below Vref increases drag and decreases your glide performance.
We have 20/20 hindsight, crew had seconds to make the appropriate decisions.