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Old 12-28-2004, 08:34 AM  
UltraSonic
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Originally Posted by UltraSonic
I red the whole NTSB file about that crash.

Some things are pretty much disturbing.

Fact 1: The NTSB reports the the aircraft eventually went down because it was in a split elevator position (left elevator down - right up) wich is technically impossible if the aircraft wasn't already damaged in the elevator because on a 747 of that type both elevators are handled by ONE hydraulic pump (backup up 2 times). So even if the captain and co-pilot do a different movement (called a break out) with the yoke the elevator still moves totally into the same position.

Fact 2: The aircraft's throttle was powered to 92% at the moment of impact yet the engines didn't show any signs of power (nothing was sucked up when the aircraft was shearing threetops) so engines where aither shut down or out of order on the moment of impact.

Fact 3: The data black box shows that whoever was flying the aircraft (or trying to) was trying to pitch up for atleast 3 mins before impact. If the aircraft was taken over by passengers and they had someone who was able to fly the aircraft (because they kept trying to pitch up) the aircraft wouldn't have crashed into the woods but near an airfield or landed safe.

Correction, this crash was about the aircraft that went down in the woods.
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