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NTSB, AAIB Investigate Uncommanded easyJet 737 Descent

Plane Lost At Least 10,000 Feet Before Control Regained

The National Transportation Safety Board has joined with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the United Kingdom to investigate a curious, and disconcerting, incident onboard a Boeing 737-700 over East Anglia Monday.

According to the NTSB's Preliminary Report, the easyJet 737 was on a routine non-revenue checkout flight, flying circuits over Southend at 41,000 feet when the aircraft entered an uncommanded, violent nose-down pitch attitude.

"Vmo was exceeded by 100 knots, and a 10,000 foot loss of altitude occurred," the Prelim notes. Other reports indicate the plane actually lost 26,000 feet in altitude over the span of about two minutes... which, doing the math, is a scary descent rate indeed.

The aircraft's flight crew was able to recover from the maneuver, and the jet landed safely in Southend. None of the four people onboard were injured; at this time, there's no word about damage to the airliner.

The incident aircraft carries the registration G-EZJK, and first entered service in 2002.

FMI: www.dft.gov.uk, www.ntsb.gov

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