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Pilot Error Found in Crash That Killed Russian Hockey Players
MOSCOW — Russian air safety officials said Wednesday that a September plane crash that killed an elite hockey team was caused by an extraordinarily basic human error: One of the pilots accidentally pressed the brake pedals during takeoff, so that the aircraft was unable to gain altitude. (www.nytimes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I don't think the flight engineer waited six seconds to apply full power. On jets it can take up to 5 seconds after the power levers are moved forward to attain full power from flight idle. The biggest thing I take from this accident is lack of CRM as mentioned by flyingcookmosnter. Just from reading the article and watching the video it doesn't seem that there was any kind of brief on takeoff procedures, meaning what situations would cause the takeoff to be aborted as well as the point in the takeoff would be continued (V1). As any pilot who has flown in a multi-crew environment will tell you, communication and understanding is key to a safe flight. At the airline I work for both the Captain and FO know what situations will cause the T/O to be aborted and at what point it will be continued, but even then we still brief the procedures on the first flight of every day and anytime we fly with a new crewmember during a day.
CRM anyone?
my instructor always threatened to cut my toes off if I didn't move my feet to the bottom of the rudder pedals during a take-off roll and told me to always keep my hand on the throttle during the climbout even it was lockable
An interesting reconstruction of the accident:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDicQsFWamU&feature=youtube_gdata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDicQsFWamU&feature=youtube_gdata
There begs a question here, before we hang the pilots. Why were they trying to abort the takeoff in the first place. One point in the article says the PIC pushed stick forward, then it tells of FO idling power, then 6 seconds for engines to spool back up, then both are pulling hard back on the stick. Something don't smell quite right here. Pilots widow may be correct in challenging findings.
I was thinking tht after I re-read the article. I'm still confuesed about things that I read in the story. The reporting could have been a little more clear. The first thing that comes to mind is why would the pilot abort in the first place.
Holy cow. My typing is horrible today.
At Wayne:
Don't buy it myself>>I Guess it is Russia saying Bug off
It doesn't make any sense>>Ya go or you abort one or the other,????????
The truth lies w/those pilots God Rest there Souls
Don't buy it myself>>I Guess it is Russia saying Bug off
It doesn't make any sense>>Ya go or you abort one or the other,????????
The truth lies w/those pilots God Rest there Souls