TransAsia crash Taipei

[Orang Utan]

How do planes normally approach the airport? That seems like wild flying to me.

wasn't it leaving the airport when it crashed?

 

[SaskiaJayne]

Was that a stall on one wing? Is it possible a fault caused flaps to retract on one wing?

 

[mauvais]

It's irrelevant - they lost power (mayday report of engine failure) shortly after takeoff, headed for the river, but ran out of momentum possibly in part due to avoiding action, and so then the wing stalled, causing a steep bank.

Apparently the pilot can't command that steep a bank on an ATR, so it wasn't part of a plan.

 

[2hats]

Loss of both engines:

but speculation that possibly one engine failed and then the crew shut down the wrong engine (consistent with the above) - shades of British Midland 92 at Kegworth (1989).

 

[Teaboy]

Would a turbo prop be able to fly on one engine so soon after take off?

 

[2hats]

Would a turbo prop be able to fly on one engine so soon after take off?

Those aircraft can fly on one engine but degree of success will be influenced by the take off weight, prevailing weather conditions, air speed at time of loss of engine.

 

[2hats]

Interestingly TransAsia Airways have suspended all ATR-72 flights for around 4 days (that's some 90 odd flights) to retrain all their pilots and carry out aircraft inspections (BBC report here).

 

[Mogden]

Interestingly TransAsia Airways have suspended all ATR-72 flights for around 4 days (that's some 90 odd flights) to retrain all their pilots and carry out aircraft inspections (BBC report here).

Does that point towards human error then? Bit of the trying to turn up the telly volume with your mobile and not the remote? Scary indeed.