airlines training program overemphasized the use of the rud der pan rudder panel inputs. going a step further john cox said the rudder should never be used in wake turbulence. the best response would have been to let the airplane s natural stability work through it. the airplanes are naturally very stable. put control input into bringing the airplanes back towards wings-level and let it fly out and it will settle right down. american airlines told nbc news that it continues to be disappointed with the ntsb findings and believes that the design and rudder sensitivity were at fault. a decade after the crash theç report stands as written. but in august 2010, the ntsb started reexamining similar incidents and urged agencies to take a closer look at the rudder design. pilots now understand you don t have to move the rudder that much as far as the pedals
intercepts that cone you will feel choppiness. typically the encounters are very brief but you can hit them multiple times. that is exactly what happens with flight 587. there are two wake encounters. although invisible to the human eye they are displayed here in our animation. the first wake causes the plane to roll to the left and the co-pilot quickly puts it back on course. but then 15 seconds later, the plane is caught in a second wake. when this pilot got into the wake turbulence, the airplane started to roll. he put in flight control corrections that he thought was necessary to get the airplane back to a wings-level state. instead of leveling out, the plane moves violently on all three axes of flight. left and right rolls, side to side motion and up and down. then the unthinkable happens. the tail snaps off. the plane banks left and plummets into a residential ç
to roll to the left and the co-pilot quickly puts it back on course. but then 15 seconds later, the plane is caught in a second wake. when this pilot got into the wake turbulence, the airplane started to roll. he put in flight control corrections that he thought was necessary to get the airplane back to a wings-level state. instead of leveling out, the plane moves violently on all three axes of flight. up and down and side to side motion. then the unthinkable happens. the tail snaps off. the plane banks left and plummets into a residential neighborhood in queens. just two minutes and 24 seconds after a routine take off, everybody on flight 587 is gone.
since the airbus is climbing faster than the plane in front of it, flight 587 quickly climbs into the 747 s quake causing the american airlines plane to experience turbulence this is not uncommon. airplane wakes are common to the wakes made by boats or ships. it is a displacement as the vehicle passes through this fluid. in one case water. in one case air. this simulation illustrates a different jet flying into wake turbulence. the wing tips from the lead plane create what is known as a wake vortex. you can think of it as a very large cone coming back off the tip of the leading airplane. if the trailing airplane intercepts that cone you will feel choppiness. typically the encounters are very brief but you can hit them multiple times. that is exactly what happens with flight 587. there are two wake encounters. although invisible to the human eye they are displayed here in our animation. the first wake causes the plane
behind a 747 on its way to japan. with. since the air bus is climbing faster than the plane in front of it, flight 587 quickly climbs into the 747 s quake causing the american airlines plane to experience turbulence this is not uncommon. airplane wakes are common to the wakes made by boats or ships. it is a displacement as the vehicle passes through this fluid. one water one air. this simulation illustrates a different jet flying into wake turbulence. the wing tips from the lead plane create what s known as a wake vortex. you can think of it as a very large cone coming back off the tip of a leading airplane. if the trailing airplane intercepts that cone you will feel choppiness. typically the encounters are very brief but you can hit them multiple times. that is exactly what happens with flight 587. there are two wake encounters.