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Atlas Air 3591

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the time, the accident flight was about 40 miles from IAH and descending through about 6,300 ft msl toward the target altitude of 3,000 ft msl. This location and phase of flight were inconsistent with any scenario in which a
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Atlas Air 3591

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activated.6 At the time, the airplane was about 40 miles from IAH at an altitude about 6,300 ft msl. During the next 6 seconds, the airplane's automated flight functions commanded nose-up pitch and an increase in engine thrust, consistent with
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Atlas Air 3591

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the time, the accident flight was about 40 miles from IAH and descending through about 6,300 ft msl toward the target altitude of 3,000 ft msl. This location and phase of flight were inconsistent with any scenario in which a
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Atlas Air 3591

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reached that altitude. However, once the go-around mode was inadvertently activated about 6,300 ft msl, the airplane's automation advanced the thrust levers and increased the airplane's pitch to about 4� nose up to initiate a climb. In addition, the flight
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Atlas Air 3591

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would have displayed "GA" indications, and the altimeter would have indicated about 6,300 ft msl. According to Atlas' procedures, the expected crew response to unwanted operation of automated flight systems was to disconnect the automation. However, neither the FO nor
Open official document at PDF page 56Rapid Descent and Crash into Water, Atlas Air Inc. Flight 3591, Boeing 767-375BCF, N1217A, Trinity Bay, Texas, February 23, 2019