Distracted Crew Enter a Deep Stall / West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 Falls From 33,000 Feet
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How Do They Know How High to Fly That Plant?
The plane was heavier to begin with than they thought. So that's why they started having trouble. They got too low to a point where it wasn't recovering if theyhad initiated recovery at cruising altitude, or at a high enough altitude. And because of the inappropriate action taken, you know, they were increasing the nose up angle, the aircraft's drag increase,. At which point recovery was impossible, giving the remaining altitude.
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