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Originally posted by questioningall
that is interesting, I also find it very interesting, that they have moved all the people out that live in the area.
Maybe the houses that are right next to the crash, the people could be moved, but lots of people and they are not allowing them back in? Why such a wide perimeter? They have already searched the area for debris.
Originally posted by Whisper67
The plane crashed at 10:20pm and there was no reporting until Midnight when CNN cut into a replay of Larry King and CNN International broke in. Fox and MSNBC followed about 10 minutes later. Even then, there was no local affiliate live on the scene for an additional two hours.
Originally posted by Aubryish
reply to post by research100
Autopilot? Is it normal for a plane to be on autopilot when it is about to land. and why did the story change from nose dive to belly flop. Unlike AA77 , 3407 did not disintegrate
mefeedia.com...
You can yak about icing all you want, but you guys make it sound like no one ever flew an airplane on a cold day before.
Hey, this plane was made in Canada. You think they might know something about flying in icy conditions?
At least one investigator described it as a sudden, catastrophic event. Airplane flying normally one second, flying out of control the next.
but I feel there are also other factors involved. Mechanical failure, pilot error, sabotage, --at this point I'm not ruling anything out.
something is wrong....
autopilot is still engaged at the moment of the crash but the plane crashes virtually in the opposite direction of the approach!?#
Seems a bit odd
At no point have I heard Mr. Chealander say it was on autopilot. What he did say, was that the "auto-shaker and auto-push" were activated. Again At no point did I hear him say it was on auto-pilot. He stated that the ILS was activated, which I believe is not the same thing as "auto-pilot"(pilots? is this true?)
autopilot is still engaged at the moment of the crash but the plane crashes virtually in the opposite direction of the approach!?
They had the de-icer engaged 11 mins into their flight. These planes are capable in much tougher weather.
Why was auto-push(nose down position) activated? The only reason I can imagine is that the crew was no longer able to perform this plane-saving maneuver themselves. They were unconcious by this time.
And it still crashed right-side up? Was this some kind of aerobatic aircraft?
The question the NTSB sidestepped at this point , because it was asked by both the family's of the victims and the press, is, "did the pilot over-correct, is that why it went nose-up so far?"
???any pilots have any opinion on that?
Originally posted by TheWelder
Originally posted by questioningall
that is interesting, I also find it very interesting, that they have moved all the people out that live in the area.
Maybe the houses that are right next to the crash, the people could be moved, but lots of people and they are not allowing them back in? Why such a wide perimeter? They have already searched the area for debris.
I believe its only 12 houses. I'll ask
TheWelder
Originally posted by sueloujo
something is wrong....
autopilot is still engaged at the moment of the crash but the plane crashes virtually in the opposite direction of the approach!?#
Seems a bit odd
They practice redirection, and media manipulation like a magician. What you see and hear is not real.
Originally posted by 4nsicdoc
Originally posted by sueloujo
something is wrong....
autopilot is still engaged at the moment of the crash but the plane crashes virtually in the opposite direction of the approach!?#
Seems a bit odd
Actually, at the moment of crash, the AP had disengaged. That happens automatically if "stick pusher "engages, which, according to the DFDR, it did. It is normal , and recommended, to fly a "coupled " approach, which has the AP precisely follow the localizer (horizontal guidance) and glide slope (Vertical guidance). However, it is strongly recommended that the AP be disengaged in icing conditions since it will mask the evidence of airframe icing. The AP just keeps rolling in elevator trim to maintain altitude, until so much trim is put in that you can get a tailplane stall or the angle of attack exceeds critical and the stick shaker and then pusher kicks in, creating a hard dive which may e unrecoverable at final approach fix altitudes. It is also common for ATC to vector aircraft on the Runway 23 ILS approach at KBUF onto a downwind leg, which is the reciprocal heading of the runway heading, before a final vector to intercept the localizor just outside the Outer Marker, which is the final approach fix (4.5 miles fom the runway at KBUF.
Also, does anybody know if the local cell-phone network crashed about the same time? That tends to happen around these suspicious events, and if true would be another red flag.