February 12, 2009 was a night that killed 50 people because of a plane crash near Buffalo, New York. Around 10:00 the pilot lost control of the plane and started to head down towards that ground. It killed 49 people on the plane as well as one person in the house that the plane crashed into. About 5 minutes before the plane crashed the co-pilot said that she didn't like flying in icy conditions. '"I don't want to have to experience that and make those kinds of calls. You know I'dve freaked out. I'dve [sic] had like seen this much ice and thought, 'oh my gosh, we were going to crash," Shaw told Renslow."' Renslow was the pilot and Shaw was the co-pilot. The investigation showed that there was some ice, but not enough to cause any damge to the plane. Before the crash the recording recorded Shaw saying "We're" and then screaming. But the crash occured because the pilot didn't know how to get out of the dive that it was in, which they use a stick pusher to do. The improper way in which he used casued the crashi said the NTSB and the FAA.
I think that it is sad, because this pilot did everything correctly but this one thing that caused 50 people to die. But when they are learning how to fly they should be taught to get out of any situtaion that they are put in, that is within a certain amount of safety. Or do a flight simulation that would allow to practice these things safely without anyone getting hurt. But it was also inaproatite that they were screaming the cockpit, because I am guessing that the passengers on boared didn't know what was going on and to hear random screams would scare me to death. If i didn't know what was going on, and we were heading towards the ground, rocking back and forth, I would be worried. If they did then they probably would still be scared. But the airline industries need to better train there pilots to handle anything, like birds, or get the right amount of training.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/12/buffalo.crash.hearing/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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