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training captain who was sitting next to Kuk in the right seat didn’t
notice the error, and then compounded it by turning off only one of two
other key systems for managing the flight. Both systems are supposed to
be on or off, but not one on and one off.
A third pilot riding in the jump seat noticed the plane was descending too fast but didn’t speak up right away. The pilots also didn’t immediately start to abort the landing when they realised something had gone awry. But by the time they did call for a “go-around” it was too late.
The plane was too low and too slow as it neared the runway. Its tail struck a seawall and was ripped off. The rest of plane went spinning and sliding down the runway.
The two of three teens who were killed weren’t wearing their seatbelts and were thrown from the plane. The third teen was hit on the head by one of the plane’s doors but survived the crash. She was killed when, lying unconscious, she was run over by two San Francisco Fire Department vehicles in the chaos afterwards. Nearly 200 people were injured.
A third pilot riding in the jump seat noticed the plane was descending too fast but didn’t speak up right away. The pilots also didn’t immediately start to abort the landing when they realised something had gone awry. But by the time they did call for a “go-around” it was too late.
The plane was too low and too slow as it neared the runway. Its tail struck a seawall and was ripped off. The rest of plane went spinning and sliding down the runway.
The two of three teens who were killed weren’t wearing their seatbelts and were thrown from the plane. The third teen was hit on the head by one of the plane’s doors but survived the crash. She was killed when, lying unconscious, she was run over by two San Francisco Fire Department vehicles in the chaos afterwards. Nearly 200 people were injured.
