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was flying 121 miles an hour, significantly slower. just a technical question to you, when they requested the chance to do a go-around, literally at the last second, is the plane, triple 7 flying fast enough to even attempt a go-around at that time. >> well, that is a good point, the plane needs to accelerate to 157 miles an hour, as you said, to achieve enough lift from the engine and the wings to execute the go-around maneuver. taking the time that it takes the engines to go to the full power required to make the go-around, that takes a few seconds itself. during which time if the plane is too slow, the thrust is used to achieve the speed before it can achieve any height. >> so they didn't really have that time. let me ask you this, investigators say the pilot

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