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Old 10th May 2016, 21:10
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And yet they landed the plane in nonemergency status with only minor injuries and damage -- in the face of an incident type indication that has given rise to a half a dozen or more absolutely wrong reactions with fatal results (i.e., pulling back on the stick or only increasing thrust). When things happen, there will always be a "startle effect." Be glad that here the co-pilot's instincts and training were to execute a throttle-up and stick down -- although with the benefit of a longer analysis (i.e., 2.5 years by the AAIU) these actions proved not to have been needed. From reading the report one gets the idea that these investigators would have praised the pilots of SR111 for calmly going through all of their checklists and dumping fuel while the cabin was filling with smoke.
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