Pilots Struggle as Airplane Nosedives / Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Crashes off California Coast
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Flight Data Recorder Recordings - A Big Bang in the Back of an Airplane
At four 18, the captain asked for slats and flaps to be ended. Five seconds later, the cockpit voice recorder recorded several distinct thumps. At four 19, or forty two seconds, the airplane reached its maximum valud recorded airplane nose down pitch angle of negative 70 degrees. So they're pretty much nose straight, almost nose straight. Down soms like the stabilizer like broke off or something.
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