Timeline for What alternative methods are there for controlling a plane when flight control surfaces have failed?
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| Apr 29, 2018 at 18:51 | comment | added | Vikki | I don't know the precise directional-stability characteristics of the 747, but keep in mind that, for some aircraft at least, losing the vertical stabiliser does not always necessarily preclude a safe landing (or "landing"). | |
| Apr 1, 2015 at 15:53 | comment | added | Antzi | Actually, the timing is also really important: Pilots became aware that total loss of controls could happen, so some started training for it after the incident, thus giving better chance of success after JAL123 | |
| Apr 1, 2015 at 12:31 | comment | added | Jonas G. Drange | It should be mentioned that as a part of the investigation, pilots tried simulating JAL123's last 32 minutes: No one could keep the plane in the air for the full 32 minutes. | |
| Apr 1, 2015 at 5:07 | comment | added | kevin | The missing tail on JAL123 would have severely affected the aircraft's stability. I doubt if anyone can land (or crash land) on a runway using throttles only in that airplane, even if there were no mountains in the vicinity. | |
| Apr 1, 2015 at 1:05 | history | answered | UnrecognizedFallingObject | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
