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Old 5th Mar 2012, 16:22
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angelorange
 
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Exclamation Stall recovery

Denti:

Re: AF447: Sadly the SO was the one who stalled the aircraft whilst the Captain was in the back asleep. By the time the Capt was in the cockpit he had very little chance of discerning what inputs the SO was making on the side stick. However, he did suggest a corrective pitch change (to reduce AoA - sadly too late) which if it and idle thrust had been actioned by the SO or FO much sooner would have saved the aircraft from the stall.

There are so many stall accidents/incidents in recent years with poor to zero recovery technique:

Colgan Q400 - power on stall
Turkish B737 1951 - rad alt fault/autoland stall
AF447 A330 - power on stall
Manx2 7100 - go around/power on stall
Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 - ice induced stall
Thomsonfly B737 Bournemouth G-THOF 3/2007: autothrottle disconnect - power on stall
Helitrans Norway: Fairchild Merlin SA226 - power on stall

Good Training and suitable experience count.
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