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Atlas Air 3591

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airplane encountering light turbulence were recorded and, at 1238:31, the airplane's go-around mode was activated. At 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
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Atlas Air 3591

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showed that the airplane continued to descend normally until 1238:31, when the airplane's go-around mode was 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,
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Atlas Air 3591

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(Basic airplane systems information is included in this section for context.) Before the go-around mode was activated, the airplane was descending normally at a reduced thrust setting (thrust levers were about 32� to 33�) with an airplane pitch attitude of
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Atlas Air 3591

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ft msl. Consistent with these selections, at the point in the flight just before the go-around mode was activated, the flight mode annunciator at the top of each ADI display showed "THR HLD/SPD/HDG SEL/CMD" in green to indicate that the
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Atlas Air 3591

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with the accident flight's encounter with light turbulence, at 1238:31, the airplane's go-around mode was activated. At the time, the accident flight was about 40 miles from IAH and descending through about 6,300 ft msl toward the target altitude of
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Atlas Air 3591

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CVR, which corresponded with FDR data for the mode change, provided evidence that the go-around mode was activated using one of the go-around switches. Although the available evidence precluded a conclusive determination of which go-around switch was pushed or how,
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