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The fuel state is low so the aircraft was light. i had that advantage. >> with altitude gained, hut tries restarting the engine. no luck. and now they have another problem. theyve lost too much speed. >> because i was too aggressive with that initial climb, i was basically trying to keep the airplane flying. if the airplanes fly too slow, they stall. >> a stalled plane has no lift and falls out of the control. to prevent that, hut drops his right wing, trading altitude for air speed. the jet com...

Chances for survival. with more altitude, their parachutes will have more time to deploy. hut has one other thing going for him. >> the fuel state was low so the aircraft was light. i had that advantage. >> with altitude gained, hut tries restarting the engine. no luck. and now they have another problem. theyve lost too much speed. >> because i was too aggressive with that initial climb, i was basically trying to keep the airplane flying. if they fly too slow, they stall. >> a stalled plane has ...

Of you, all of the thrust is gone. >> with no thrust from his only engine, hut has only one option. >> when that bird went in the engine, i knew i had to eject and i was just not looking forward to doing it. the ejection system is designed to get your body away from the crash site. youre not expected to get out of the situation unscathed. its a very violent thing. i know pretty well every situation where two people have injected out of the same plane. at least one of them is hurt, if not fatally...

Was just completely gone. >> less than six months after the portland crash, the ntsb issues its final report. it cites probable cause as, quote, the failure of the captain to monitor properly the aircrafts fuel state and the crew members advisories regarding fuel state. a contributing factor, the failure of the other two flight crew members to successfully communicate their concern to the captain. >> communication in the cockpit is 95% of the success of the airport it self. >> the faa, federal a...

>> less than six months after the portland crash, the ntsb issues the final report. it sites possible cause as quote the failure of the captain to monitor properly the aircrafts fuel state and the crew members advisories regarding fuel state. a contributing factor, the failure of the other two flight crew members to successful communicate their concern to the captain. >> communication in the cockpit is 95% of the success of the airplane flight itself. >> united 173 is a catalyst for change. the ...

To deploy. hut has one other thing going for him. >> the fuel state was low so the aircraft was light. i had that advantage. >> with altitude gained, hut tries restarting the engine. no luck. and now they have another problem. theyve lost too much speed. >> because i was too aggressive with that initial climb, i was basically trying to keep the airplane flying. if they fly too slow, they stall. >> a stalled plane has no lift and falls out of the control. to prevent that, hut drops his right wing...

With more altitude, their parachutes will have more time to deploy. hutt has one other thing going for him. >> at the end of the mission, the fuel state was low, so the aircraft was light. i had that advantage. >> with altitude gains, hutt tries restarting the engine. >> restart. >> no luck. and now they have another problem. theyve lost too much speed. >> because i was too aggressive with that initial climb, my air speed bled quickly and i was basically trying to keep the airplane flying. if th...

Trace: its a great point because a few years ago we saw a plane that came in, and the right landing gear was folded up and the plane had to land on that wing. its very very tricky, and its these types of things that you never get to do in a simulator -- leah: right. trace: -- because thats just not what you do. leah: right. and even in a simulator you can use these types of is scenarios, but youre not going to get the same feel, and the problem is you really a lot of times what the airplane feel...

>> it was the end of the mission. the fuel state was low so the aircraft was light. i had that advantage. >> with altitude gained, hut tries restarting the engine. no luck. and now they have another problem. theyve lost too much speed. >> because i was too aggressive with that initial climb, i was basically trying to keep the airplane flying. if the airplanes fly too slow they stall. >> a stalled plane has no lift and falls out of control. to prevent that, hut drops his right wing, trading altit...

Gone. >> with no thrust from his only engine, hut has only one option. >> when that bird went in the engine, i knew i had to eject and i was just not looking forward to doing it. the ejection system is designed to get your body away from the crash site. youre not expected to get out of the situation unscathed. its a very violent thing. i know pretty well every situation where two people have injected out of the same plane. at least one of them is hurt, if not fatally. >> hut takes advantage of t...