Target Airspeed News Today

Were continuing to follow breaking news out of san francisco where were learning more about the deadly plane crash over the weekend that killed two teenagers aboard this flight. more than 300 passengers on board. take a look at what happened. the target airspeed we are told from the chairwoman of the national transportation safety board, as that plane was coming in for a landing, that boeing 777 they wanted to hit a target airspeed of 137 knots but the ntsb chair says they were flying a lot slow...

Francisco and n that particular type of jet. no word yet on whether that is a factor in the crash. one thing for sure, the ntsb says the planes speed at the time of that crash was definitely wrong. >> during the approach, the data indicates that the throttles were at idle and airspeed was slowed below the target airspeed. >> this is the exclusive video hee we have here at cnn that shows the impact of the airliner on the runway at san francisco yesterday. two passengers, both teenaged girls from ...

He is a veteran pilot of other air frames, but the airline says it was his maiden flight to san francisco and n that particular type of jet. no word yet on whether that is a factor in the crash. one thing for sure, the ntsb says the planes speed at the time of that crash was definitely wrong. >> during the approach, the data indicates that the throttles were at idle and airspeed was slowed below the target airspeed. >> this is the exclusive video we have here at cnn that shows the impact of the ...

Transportation safety board. he has investigated some of the best-known aviation accidents of the past. he is our guest now. a target airspeed of 137 knots, you just heard debra hersman talking about the fact they were flying significantly slower than that, peter. she said were not just talking about a few knots her here what does that tell you and what is happening to the plane? >> what what it tells you the crew were not paying attention to their avionics and to their readouts. the per person ...