Topic: Steve Chealander

New York crash plane was flying on autopilot

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1094 days ago
A plane that crashed on to a house in New York state, killing 50 people, dropped by 800 feet in five seconds before impact.. The Continental Airlines jet, with 49 people on board, fell from 1,800ft to 1,000ft as it ...

Plane that crashed near Buffalo was on autopilot

AP News - 1095 days ago
Plane that crashed near Buffalo was on autopilot, possible violation of safety recommendationsThe commuter plane that crashed near Buffalo was on autopilot until just before it went down in icy weather, indicating that the pilot may have violated federal safety recommendations and ...

Plane dropped 800ft in five seconds

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1095 days ago
The commuter flight that crashed and killed 50 people near Buffalo, in the state of New York state, dropped 800ft in five seconds shortly before impact, a federal aviation official has said. Steve Chealander, a National Transportation Safety Board member, says information ...

Cyclical menace of ice revisits aviation

AP News - 1096 days ago
Aviation industry ponders the role of ice in probe of plane crash into NY homeEvery time ice is suspected of bringing down a plane, the volume rises on how best to protect aircraft from the all-too-common and all-too-disastrous phenomenon. A crash blamed ...

Investigator: Plane fell flat onto Buffalo house

AP News - 1096 days ago
Plane was pointed away from airport when it crashed and fell flat on houseA commuter plane that smashed into a house apparently plunged flat to the ground rather than nose-diving, ending up pointed away from the airport it was trying to reach ...

US crash plane fell flat onto house

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1096 days ago
A commuter plane that crashed into a house plunged flat to the ground rather than nose-diving, ending up pointed away from the airport it was trying to reach, investigators have said.. Continental Connection Flight 3407 was cleared to land on a runway ...

Crashed commuter plane was new, had good record

AP News - 1097 days ago
Commuter plane that plunged into house near Buffalo, NY, was a newer model with clean recordOfficials trying to piece together what caused a plane to crash into a home near Buffalo, N.Y., killing 50 people, said Friday the aircraft was new ...