Also chilling. this is from a pilot. as way returning to my primary flight display, the pilot monitoring called descending followed by a don t sink, don t sink. i immediately disconnected the autopilot and resumed the climb. with the concerns about the max 8 nose down stuff, we both thought it appropriate to bring this to your attention. so jim hall, when you see these complaints coming before the ethiopia crash, how does it strike you? well, it s very disturbing, but unfortunately not surprising. boeing and the 737 in the 70s and the max 8, the incident with the 787 and this incident, has unfortunately not been transparent in terms of important safety sensitive information that the regulators and the flying public should be aware of. richard, the fact that cnn has learned that these five different episodes happened at least, i mean, these are just
Unplanned and they had a lot to deal with quickly. captain sullenberger, you know what it s like to have to make a quick decision when something goes wrong on a flight. you say that when faced with a sudden emergency, pilots have a list of priorities, can you explain what those are? absolutely, in fact, most pilots know them by heart. they re very simple. first aviate, then navigate and only last, communicate. the pilots would have been working together as a crew, there would be one pilot to his assigned a pilot flying in charge of controlling a flight path, the other pilot was monitoring to assist, aid and monitor the performance of the airplane and the other pilot and make sure that everything was being done according to their procedures. that pilot monitoring would be the one typically who would be using the checklist, who would be talking to air traffic control on the radio, every way supporting and assisting the pilot flying. there are very well-defind roles and responsibiliti
Being done according to their procedures. that pilot monitoring would be the one typically who would be using the checklist, who would be talking to air traffic control on the radio, every way supporting and assisting the pilot flying. there are well defined rolls and responsibilities, we ve learned how to take individual pilots and use techniques, human skills to make them more singer giftic, to make them better as a team than they ever could be as a collection of individuals. what do you mean, captain toma of the malaysian military, the plane may have been turning around before it vanished. i would imagine when planes change course, there s a protocol they follow? i like the fact that they say it may have been turning. i m not sure it was. let s say the airplane broke up because of something that happened there. radar returns may not be as accurate as it is normally. so i d like to examine that radar return a lot more
And the flying pilot that he was instructing had flown together. the relief first officer who was sitting in the jump seat reported to our investigators that he had 4,600 hours flight time. he estimated that he had 900 to 1,000 hours flying a 777. he flew f-5s and f-16s in the korean air force. he had flown to san francisco five or six times as the pilot monitoring. the fourth pilot who was serving as the relief captain was not in the cockpit for the approach. as i mentioned, he was seated in the cabin. his interview is currently underway.
Of all the major airlines, certain checks and balances to monitor and help and assist each other in the flying of the airplane. the pilot flying has certain responsibilities. the pilot monitoring has certain responsibilities. and we have certain protocols that we follow. at a certain point prior to landing at a certain altitude, a certain distance from the runway, we must be stabilized with the wings level at the proper descent rate, the proper speed, the proper altitude all the way from that point to the runway. if we re not, we re required to go around. so we need to find out why they didn t. sully, speaking of that, we have some cnn exclusive video of the moment the plane makes impact. when you talk about being in exactly the right position, the wings level, and certainly in this case the nose, can you react to this as you see what s happening? it s very difficult to tell. i think it certainly looks abnormal. it looks as though the airplane is at a very high angle of attack.