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Old 9th March 2009 | 18:06
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snowfalcon2
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Oops again, missed the first paragraph of the following three. Must be the Monday phenomenon

"The preliminary investigation by DSB has already established that this altimeter sent an erroneous signal to the autopilot, which steered the aircraft towards the runway, while the two pilots were engaged in a conversation".

"The erroneous signal appeared while the aircraft was still at 700 metres altitude, and said that the aircraft suddenly was 1.3 metres above ground. This caused the autopilot to reduce thrust to idle, even if the aircraft was too high to land".

"During the following precious seconds, as the pilots were inattentive, the speed of the aircraft reduced until it reached stall speed, and fell down. The pilots were able to notice that the situation was critical, and commanded maximum thrust, but too late".


You can make your own conclusions. My conclusion is that there is nothing new regarding the accident flight, which was not known before. The only new information is regarding the previous flights.
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