Speed was 137 knots. And the question was whether or not we had the lowest speed that the crew achieved. I will tell you that the speed was significantly below 137 knots and we are not talking about a few knots. We still have to corroborate some information. This was a preliminary read. The 137 knots came from the crew conversation about their approach speed. We need to take a closer look at the raw data on the Flight Data Recorder as well as corroborate that with radar and air traffic information to make sure that we have a very precise speed. Again, we are not talking about a few knots here or there. We are talking about a significant amount of speed below 137. If i could ask you to raise your hand to be acknowledged and
identify yourself and your outlet that would make this a lot easier. Yes, sir. [ inaudible ]. The question is, could we provide additional explanation about the Stick Shaker Activation and the go around. What i shared with you was prior to impact there was a stick sh
Cockpit? they have listened to the recorders, they did a preliminary audition to identify some basic information on them. but they actually have a cockpit voice recorder group that s convening in washington. one of the issues for us for sure is that we ve got a combination of english and korean on the cockpit voice recorders and we ve got to have some translation done to that before we can release any additional information. any preliminary results you want to release right now? sure. we have provided some preliminary information from the cockpit voice recorder. and, you know, i think what s really important to note is that seven seconds out, there was a recognition between the two crew members in a conversation that the aircraft was slow. four seconds prior to impact, they actually had a stick shaker activation. this is a big deal. this is telling the pilots that the airplane is about to stall
Very good information about tell us about the last seconds in the cockpit. we know that seven seconds before impact the crew acknowledged in the cockpit to each other that they were slow. they had a target air speed of 137 knots, and they re acknowledging that they re below that. at four seconds they got a stick shaker activation, basically telling them the airplane was about to stall if they didn t take other action. and about 1.5 seconds before impact, they are calling out to each other for a go around, to abort the landing and go around. that information is very helpful to us as we try to piece together what happened in those last seconds. and, of course, not only what happened but also why did it happen? have you been able to narrow down if it was human error or it was some kind of mechanical error that you re narrowing your investigation to this morning? most of our investigations, we find that it s not just one
If i could ask you to raise your hand and identify yourself and your outlet it makes this a lot easier. yes, sir? [ inaudible ] and then also can you explain further what that stick shift means and what the go around sure. the question is, could we provide additional explanation about the stick shaker activation and the go around. what i had shared with you was that prior to impact, there was a stick shaker that activated. this is both an oral and a fix call cue to the crew they are approaching a stall. it s called a stick shaker but there s a yolk that the pilots are holding and that yolk vibrates or shakes and it is telling them that a stall is
Identify yourself and your outlet that would make this a lot easier. yes, sir. [ inaudible ]. the question is, could we provide additional explanation about the stick shaker activation and the go around. what i shared with you was prior to impact there was a stick shaker that activated. this is both an oral and physical cue to the crew that they are approaching a stall. it s called a stick shaker but there is a yoke that the pilots are holding and that yoke vibrates or shakes and it is telling them that a stall is