CNN The Situation Room April 3, 2015 22:36:00
It has a speed limit capability built into it as kit referred to it. i think something has been lost in translation here. he was changing the rate of descent probably trying to point the nose at a mountain. the aircraft it was flying on auto throttles, would have maintained something less to or up to the maximum allowed speed. he was increasing his rate of descent. do you want to make it impossible for a pilot to do that? that's dangerous. if you have some rapid need to get down to a lower altitude a decompression or fire you want the pilot to be able to do that. the same goes for this inabili...
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