http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mangalore-crash-Pilot-nodded-off/H1-Article1-627183.aspx
Mangalore crash: Pilot nodded off
The Court of Inquiry (CoI) into the Mangalore air crash has concluded that the pilot in command was at fault, including the fact that he was sleepy. The inquiry into the country’s worst air tragedy of the decade that claimed 158 lives has established that Captain Z Glusica, the pilot in command of the Air India Express flight IX-812 from Dubai to Mangalore on May 22, reacted late and also, many standard operating procedures were not followed during landing.
The report has stated the plane touched down at Runway 24 of the Mangalore airport, which is approximately 8,000 feet long, when it had already crossed over 5,000 feet of the tabletop runway. With less than 3,000 feet of runway left, the pilots tried to take off again –only to crash into a gorge.
Experts have concluded that despite the limited runway left, had the pilot applied emergency brakes and not attempted to take off again, the plane could have been brought to a halt. The plane’s takeoff gear was found activated.
The CoI has stated Glusica, an expatriate, was asleep for over 1 hour 40 minutes of the three-hour flight and “disoriented” at the time when the plane started to descend. This is corroborated by a long silence observed in the cockpit.
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th November 2010 at 18:08
Or the gear or flaps up?
By: Bmused55 - 17th November 2010 at 22:33
Perhaps the throttle levers were found at the fully forward position?
By: Primate - 17th November 2010 at 22:09
?????:confused:
Me too..
By: Arabella-Cox - 17th November 2010 at 20:24
The plane’s takeoff gear was found activated.
?????:confused:
By: PMN - 17th November 2010 at 16:31
So is everything that is done/said on the flight deck recorded?
I thought it was only radio transmissions.:o
Nope, everything. It used to be a continuous loop of tape that recorded all conversations in the cockpit that lasted around half an hour, so if anything happened then you’d still have the final 30-odd minutes of happenings on the flight deck. Most modern CVR’s are digital and can record 4 tracks of audio (so 4 different sound sources) for around 2 hours.
By: Bmused55 - 17th November 2010 at 12:56
There is one or more centrally located microphones that picks up all conversations and sound in the cockpit.
That’s why you see narrative comments such as “Loud bang” or “Noise of engine RPM increase” in the CVR transcripts.
By: cloud_9 - 17th November 2010 at 11:41
So is everything that is done/said on the flight deck recorded?
I thought it was only radio transmissions.:o
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