ChumpChange
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Yeah from the news and maybe a longer video the plane was in the dive and this may be as he’s starting to pull out of it.I have never seen that. It's definitely a stall but to a flat spin! Almost like the pilot was pulling back on the yoke and left ruder pedal at the same time.
Maybe like the one that crashed in Nepal. If I remember right, the FO missed the flap lever for the condition lever.It is/was an ATR 72. Sounded funny on the video, possible a mishandled engine failure.
Once in a flat spin you’re pretty fucked, you don’t have sufficient airflow to create any control authority.I’m not an aviation expert, but news reports the plane made a rapid descent from 17,000 ft., for 2 minutes. Wouldn’t that be plenty of time to correct a pilot induced stall, like get nose down to increase air speed.
Would seem to be catastrophic mechanical malfunction. Just seems like 2 minutes should be plenty of time for a professional pilot and co pilot to regain control. Any case, very sad.
even if there was enough ice on the wings to inhibit smooth airflow and the creation of lift....the aircraft should still nose over. significant ice on the tail....that would do it.The latest news report is they had warnings of icing conditions in the area. No lift no fly.
Forgot it was winter there. That is a good possibility.Maybe icing induced the stall?
ABC is floating a pic that appears to have a body in it, possibly a pilot.