Plane Crash In New York State, 9/11 victim's wife aboard. |
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I am not about to hypothesise but others here may be able to fill in any blanks:
Plane crash in NY state kills 49 - BBC |
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QUOTE Fatal US plane 'was on autopilot' 15 February 2009 A plane that crashed onto a house in New York state, killing 50 people, was on autopilot when it went down in icy weather, investigators have said. The Continental Airlines pilot may have breached federal safety recommendations by flying in such conditions, investigator Steve Chealander said. Pilots are recommended to fly manually in icy weather, he said. Analysis of the plane's data recorders shows the crew noticed significant ice build-up on its wings before the crash. "You may be able in a manual mode to sense something sooner than the autopilot can sense it," said Mr Chealander, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). He told the Associated Press news agency that the NTSB recommended pilots disengage their craft's autopilot facility in icy conditions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7891770.stm ![]() |
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Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 14th December 2019 - 01:05 AM |