Comments On the Possible Cause of Air Asia Flight 8501 Crash (Based on information, January 3, 2014, prior to examination of the two orange-...
Comments On the Possible Cause of Air Asia Flight 8501 Crash
(Based on information, January 3, 2014, prior to examination of the two orange-colored flight data and cockpit voice recorders)
Probable series of events:
The pilots lost control of the aircraft and it plunged downward into the Java Sea, due to possible flight instrument malfunction, combined with mishandling of the aircraft.
Or, simply mishandling the aircraft from extreme attitude changes resulting from extreme up and down forces on the aircraft from extreme weather conditions.
A possibility was raised that the engines failed due to icing. That is a possibility, but such an event enables the pilots to fly the aircraft for a considerable distance from their altitude, and for a considerable period of time. It would then be probable that the pilots would take the time to make a quick radio announcement they had total engine failures and preparing to crash land in the Java sea.
This writer was a Navy patrol plane commander, International airline captain, an FAA airline safety inspector, investigator of the first jet upset, and who developed a plan for avoiding jet upsets.
Also, the author of the book , History of Aviation Disasters: 1950 to 9/11.
(Based on information, January 3, 2014, prior to examination of the two orange-colored flight data and cockpit voice recorders)
Probable series of events:
The pilots lost control of the aircraft and it plunged downward into the Java Sea, due to possible flight instrument malfunction, combined with mishandling of the aircraft.
Or, simply mishandling the aircraft from extreme attitude changes resulting from extreme up and down forces on the aircraft from extreme weather conditions.
A possibility was raised that the engines failed due to icing. That is a possibility, but such an event enables the pilots to fly the aircraft for a considerable distance from their altitude, and for a considerable period of time. It would then be probable that the pilots would take the time to make a quick radio announcement they had total engine failures and preparing to crash land in the Java sea.
This writer was a Navy patrol plane commander, International airline captain, an FAA airline safety inspector, investigator of the first jet upset, and who developed a plan for avoiding jet upsets.
Also, the author of the book , History of Aviation Disasters: 1950 to 9/11.
