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Old 22nd Aug 2011, 13:50
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West Caribbean 708 similaritites

Saw an episode of "Mayday" on TV over the weekend concerning West Caribbean 708, an MD-82.

Report: West Caribbean MD82 at Machiquez on Aug 16th 2005, did not recover from high altitude stall

Although they got in to the high altitude stall in a different way from AF447, it seems that they also didn't get the nose down to unstall the wing but rode the stall all the way down to impact.

Different types and different causes for stall but same pilot behaviour in the stall and same recommendations to improve training in handling high altitude stalls.

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