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Birgenair Flight 301 was a scheduled Puerto Plata-Frankfurt flight which crashed on February 6, 1996. February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
Puerto Plata is one the northern provinces of the Dominican Republic. ...
The Boeing 757 is an American short to medium haul commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ...
Birgenair was a Turkish charter airline company established in 1988 with headquarters in Ä°stanbul, Turkey. ...
Birgenair was a Turkish charter airline company established in 1988 with headquarters in Ä°stanbul, Turkey. ...
Puerto Plata is one the northern provinces of the Dominican Republic. ...
For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ...
February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
On February 6, 1996, 11:42 PM, the Boeing 757 captain, at 80 knots on takeoff, found that his air speed indicator (ASI) was not working properly, though the co-pilot's ASI was OK. While the plane was climbing to 4,700 feet the captain's ASI indicated 350 knots, but investigations showed it was actually 220 knots, which triggered an autopilot reaction increasing the pitch-up attitude and power reduction to lower the plane's air speed. Both pilots became confused when the co-pilot's ASI read 200 knots decreasing while getting rudder ratio and Mach airspeed advisory warnings and a stick-shaker warning. Both pilots believed both ASIs were malfunctioning. The autopilot, which received the captain's faulty ASI readings, was disconnected by the pilots and they gave full thrust. At 11:47 PM an aural GPWS warning was shown and eight seconds later the plane crashed into the ocean. All 13 crew members and 176 passengers died. February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William Boeing. ...
A knot is a unit of speed abbreviated kt or kn. ...
An autopilot is a mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being. ...
Rudder ratio is a warning given by computerized flight control systems in modern aircraft. ...
Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) is a system designed to alert pilots if their aircraft is in immediate danger of flying into the ground. ...
Later the same year Aeroperú Flight 603 suffered from a similar situation and crashed in the ocean off Peru. Aeroperú Flight 603 was a scheduled flight from Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima (LIM), to Comodoro Arturo Merino BenÃtez International Airport in Santiago, which crashed on October 2, 1996. ...
Investigation and final report
The Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil of the Dominican Republic's government investigated the accident and determined the following Probable Cause for the accident: "The crew's failure to recognize the activation of the stick shaker as a warning of imminent entrance to the stall, and the failure of the crew to execute the procedures for recovery from the onset of loss of control."
See also Citing the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, an aviation accident is defined as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person...
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Air Crash Investigation is a science television program on National Geographic Channel. ...
References - ASN Aircraft accident description Boeing 757-225 TC-GEN - Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on July 21, 2006.
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