Two High-Profile Investigations

By Richard N. Aarons [email protected] Focus is on crew actions in both a Challenger flight-test crash and Engen motorglider break-up. December 01, 2002
ON OCT. 10, 2000, at 1452 CST, a modified Canadair Challenger CL 604 crashed during takeoff from Runway 19R at Wichita Mid-Continental Airport (ICT). The accident aircraft had been equipped with a modified pitch feel unit and was scheduled to run a series of tests at altitude. The crew -- two pilots...

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