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Flight 8501 had rapid climb speeds
Indonesia AirAsia flight 8501 went missing more than three weeks ago, and the mystery is now being uncovered — with the help of the black boxes. (jansaviation.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Is it just me or has the info. stream just suddenly gone silent? We were told a week ago that half the CVR had been read, but nothing since. It seems to me that we are generally informed of the CVR content within a day or two of its recovery. Just wondering if I missed something.
A blurb every now and then on body and/or fuselage recovery and that is it. It has been clammed plumb up.
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Indonesia: AirAsia Plane Climbed Like Fighter Jet
Initial speculation about what doomed an AirAsia jet appears to have been on the mark: It climbed way too fast and stalled, reports the BBC. Indonesia's transportation minister told parliament today that Flight 8501 was climbing at 6,000 feet per minute before the engines died, which he quickly put into perspective: "It is not normal to climb like that—it's very rare for commercial planes, which normally climb just 1,000 to 2,000 feet per minute," said Ignasius Jonan. "It can only be done by a fighter jet."
http://www.newser.com/story/201565/indonesia-airasia-plane-climbed-like-fighter-jet.html
Indonesia: AirAsia Plane Climbed Like Fighter Jet
Initial speculation about what doomed an AirAsia jet appears to have been on the mark: It climbed way too fast and stalled, reports the BBC. Indonesia's transportation minister told parliament today that Flight 8501 was climbing at 6,000 feet per minute before the engines died, which he quickly put into perspective: "It is not normal to climb like that—it's very rare for commercial planes, which normally climb just 1,000 to 2,000 feet per minute," said Ignasius Jonan. "It can only be done by a fighter jet."
http://www.newser.com/story/201565/indonesia-airasia-plane-climbed-like-fighter-jet.html
I wouldn't think the FBW computers would allow such a climb rate as this is probably outside the safe flight envelope. Even if they were in alternate law, it's still doubtful.
i think in alternate ( direct law) there are no envelope protections
Not sure which one as I never checked on an Airbus, but one of the laws does give you the Airplane, although it may be too late in an upset of some kind. I don't think this climb is anything the pilot would have done. I think his time would have been spent trying to figure out what was happening or realizing that, trying to get out of it.
Perhaps this another ADIRU fault like qantas 72, I cant imagine another reason for a 6000fpm climb at fl320