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Originally posted by Retseh
...The only unanswered question (for me) are the reports of sputtering engines...
Originally posted by TheWelder
Originally posted by Retseh
...The only unanswered question (for me) are the reports of sputtering engines...
My first though when I heard that was it was just the engines bouncing off the rev limiters.
Can any of the pilots confirm if these type of engines have rev limiters?
TheWelder
Originally posted by Anonymous ATS
The NTSB found that the autopilot was on during final approach. This Is something a student pilot would never do.
One thing I question. With a Pilot and Co-pilot in control of the aircraft, why would they leave the autopilot on? They wouldn't.
But what if the autopilot was activated from an outside source and it executed a pre-programmed routine to bring the plane down.
Possible? Yes.
If you remember last year all planes were grounded for a week to perform an FAA inspection of a so-called critical part failure. This was the only time in FAA history that they grounded all the planes at once. A lot of profitable small airlines failed but the large airlines, running in the red and getting subsidies from the government did not complain and was not finically affected.
Is it possible to install changes to the firmware on the, airplane, to interface the radio communications to the autopilot? Yes.
Beverly Eckert was a threat by opening up a can of worms. A civil trial would expose information that would link the Bush administration to the planning of the 911 attract on the towers. By visiting Obama and exposing some of the 911 conspiracies she signed her death warrant.
An autopilot-controlled landing on a runway and controlling the aircraft on rollout (i.e. keeping it on the centre of the runway) is known as a CAT IIIb landing or Autoland, available on many major airports' runways today, especially at airports subject to adverse weather phenomena such as fog.
hi, anonymous
I tend to agree with you!
and
remote control, autopilot-landing, is very usual nowadays:
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by starviego
The Mystery Victim of Flt 3407. Ahhhhhh!!
www.buffalonews.com...
The names of 49 victims from Flight 3407 are now public, but the identity of the 50th remains a mystery and may never be released.
If the people who died in the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 had been in a bus or any kind of motor vehicle, the law would require their names to be released, says Robert J. Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government. ....
Freeman said the crash records are maintained by a private entity. ....
“Why are people resistant to releasing a name?” Freeman said. “What is the downside of disclosure of the name?”
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Comment: I've never heard of family members being asked if they want the names of their dead relatives being kept secret. This whole thing sounds bogus.
[edit on 20-2-2009 by starviego]