NTSB Releases Report On Flight 3407 Disaster.

[Steely Dan]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/02/02/conti...dex.html?hpt=T2

 

Washington (CNN) -- Confronted with signs that his plane was entering an aerodynamic stall, the pilot of Continental Flight 3407 pulled on the plane's control column when he should have pushed -- a simple but inexplicable error that led to the death of 50 people, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled Tuesday evening.

 

The board's ruling, coming a year after the crash near Buffalo, New York, is stark in its simplicity.

 

NTSB members say the accident laid bare a complex myriad of safety problems at the nation's regional airlines and some that extend to major carriers. Among the problems:

 

-- Airlines that do not adequately train pilots to handle stalls.

 

-- Pilots who engage in unnecessary conversations during takeoffs and landings.

 

-- Record-keeping systems that allow pilots to conceal failed tests.

 

-- Pilot fatigue.

 

The safety board issued more than 20 recommendations at the conclusion of the hearing.

 

Amazing how one little brain cramp could cause that accident. There are times I've done things that were the opposite of what I was supposed to do just due to my own brain cramps. I can't believe a plane doesn't have an idiot proof system to keep that from happening.

[Just Jack]

Amazing how one little brain cramp could cause that accident. There are times I've done things that were the opposite of what I was supposed to do just due to my own brain cramps.

Like starting a new thread when there already is one on the same subject?

[Steely Dan]

Like starting a new thread when there already is one on the same subject?

 

I went to the assistant function and entered "pilot error" and that thread never showed up.

 

Oh well.