Thu, Nov 23, 2006
Investigators Say Left Engine Not In Reverse Thrust
A report issued Monday
from Russian air crash investigators blames the crew of a Sibir
Airlines (now S7 Airlines) Airbus A310 that crashed in July killing
125.
The Airbus veered off the runway after landing at Irkutsk on
July 9. The aircraft plowed into a building and burst into
flames.
In its final report, Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee
specifically blames "mistaken and uncontrolled actions by the crew
at the stage of slowing down after landing."
Ria Novosti reports the Committee found, "On landing, the crew
commander automatically moved the thrust lever of the left engine
without noticing that its reverse thruster mode was
deactivated."
A massive adverse yaw condition developed when the throttles
were advanced with one engine in reverse thrust and the other not.
The commission found the copilot failed to inform the pilot about
the condition and the plane's airspeed before it veered off the
runway.
Officials from Airbus
and the aircraft's engine manufacturer participated in the
investigation. Both have been named in a lawsuit filed in a US
district court on behalf of the 159 killed or injured aboard.
Russian aviation is in the midst of a crisis. A number of deadly
crashes has the country's prosecutors investigating shady dealings
involving the sale and use of used parts as new. Members of at
least one company have been arrested and prosecuted for such
activity.
This crash appears unrelated to that investigation.
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