If it was a "glide" as a lot are saying then it was done incorrectly. (As per QRH/FCOM)
I don't pretend to know the weight of the aircraft involved but the target speed for a glide in an ATR is VmHB. If the info out there is correct and its maximum speed was only 113Kts then it was a long way from the optimum glide speed especially at a flap zero configuration. At 80 odd knots with flap zero that airframe was stalled as it went in.
What is extremely obviously to those with experience on type is that the aircraft had an issue with an engine that was either managed incorrectly by the crew (I really hope not) or was completely unmanageable.
Last edited by BO0M; 5th Feb 2015 at 07:25.
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