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TransAsia ATR-72 crashes in Tapei
Taipei, Feb. 4 (CNA) An ATR-72 airplane belonging to TransAsia Airways crashed into the Keelung River in Taipei after hitting an elevated bridge, Taipei City government spokesman Sidney Lin confirmed Wednesday morning. The plane had just taken off from Taipei Songshan Airport and was headed to Kinmen Airport in the outlying county just off the coast of southeastern China. (focustaiwan.tw) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
A similar thing happened with British Midland Flight 92. They shut down the good right engine when the left engine had suffered an internal failure, causing a crash. This may have already been said, but, I didn't read through all 103 comments.....
Glen, further to all the other comments one has to wonder how both pilots could have mis-identified the failed engine. I can understand the need for haste at such a low altitude, but still they were about 1200' agl which would have been adequate to clean the aircraft up and adopt a straight and level flight when the engine failed and if the pilot flying had both feet on the rudder pedals I would have thought the old rule "dead foot = dead engine" would have helped the identification.
Assuming the aircraft departed from runway 28 at Songshan airport at the time of engine failure a gentle change in heading to the NW to follow the Keelong River valley would have given them the advantage of heading for the coast as well as obviating the need to climb. As it happens it seems that the aircraft did track to the right of runway centerline possibly to avoid rising terrain (there is a hill 1970' and 9 nm pretty well straight ahead after take off) which could account for them continuing to climb. The fact is that if they had done NOTHING except concentrating on flying the aircraft S&L at 1200' - 1300', let alone not pull the good engine, they would have survived. I believe the aircraft would have an autofeather prop.
Was the autopilot engaged (which it should not have been) so soon after take off? If it were engaged could that have been one of the reasons for not being able to identify the correct failed engine? Those final moments we see on the video certainly would suggest the aircraft had entered an incipient spin following a stall.
Assuming the aircraft departed from runway 28 at Songshan airport at the time of engine failure a gentle change in heading to the NW to follow the Keelong River valley would have given them the advantage of heading for the coast as well as obviating the need to climb. As it happens it seems that the aircraft did track to the right of runway centerline possibly to avoid rising terrain (there is a hill 1970' and 9 nm pretty well straight ahead after take off) which could account for them continuing to climb. The fact is that if they had done NOTHING except concentrating on flying the aircraft S&L at 1200' - 1300', let alone not pull the good engine, they would have survived. I believe the aircraft would have an autofeather prop.
Was the autopilot engaged (which it should not have been) so soon after take off? If it were engaged could that have been one of the reasons for not being able to identify the correct failed engine? Those final moments we see on the video certainly would suggest the aircraft had entered an incipient spin following a stall.
looks like they did, in fact shut down the wrong engine http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/transasia-ge235-shutting-down-the-wrong-engine-408790/
Does anyone know for sure if it was fueled up? Having just taken off, there was no mention or video of any fire or smell of jet fuel. Thought that was a little unusual since he hit bridge. Did dry or low tanks cause an engine failure?
Good observation. We'll soon know.
Well, it looks like the #2 failed and auto feathered and they shut down the #1. On the video it looks like the #2 is running. It is, autofeather doesnt shut the engine off it just feathers the engine. The #1 looks somewhat stationary because they feathered and shut it off. This shouldn't happen, but it does. As was mentioned in a post already, the plane was flying on one engine for a bit before they shut the wrong engine down. No reason to rush.
I guess in the heat of the moment, with little altitude to work with, there is very little room for error.