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Old 26th Jul 2015, 04:56
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ontheklacker
 
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You all missed why the plane crashed...

"According to FDR data, after the captain took control, the control column was relaxed to a neutral position and the throttles were not advanced until about 1 second before touchdown. The airplane touched down at a descent rate of 960 ft per minute and a nose-down pitch attitude of -3.1 degrees, resulting in the nose gear contacting the runway first..."

You can not pull the throttles to idle and relax the control column at 27' and expect to land normally. No one was flying the plane even though she said she was. FO was a passenger.
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