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American Airlines 587

Printed page 4. PDF page 18.

turbulence encounter, the airplane's pitch angle increased from 9º to 11.5º, decreased to about 10º, and increased again to 11º. The airplane's bank angle moved from 0º (wings level) to 17º left wing down, which was consistent with the turn
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American Airlines 587

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vortex decay. The wake vortex from Japan Air Lines flight 47 would have had an age of about 100 seconds, and flight 587 would have encountered the wake vortex at a time before vortex linking and rapid vortex decay. The
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American Airlines 587

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performance would not likely display gross mistakes. An increase in fundamental frequency by about 100 to 200 percent is characteristic of stage 3 level of stress, or panic, which would likely result in the speaker's inability to think or
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American Airlines 587

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simulator instructor pressed a touch-screen button that was programmed to roll the airplane about 10º either left or right and then roll the airplane in the opposite direction past 90º.135 The simulator inhibited the use of the ailerons, spoilers, and
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American Airlines 587

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twice the length of the fuselage and that dark smoke from the fire turned to light smoke about 10 minutes later. The Jet Blue first officer observed an airplane in a “vertical rocking nose-down position.” The first officer also observed
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American Airlines 587

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simulator depicted a little light chop, followed by the airplane rolling in one direction to about 10o. The similarity to flight 587 ended at this point because the simulator then depicted the airplane quickly rolling to beyond 90o in the
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