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Critical phase of the flight. colombian investigators also cite the crews's fail your to retract the speed brakes which prevented it from gaining enough altitude during the escape maneuver. >> out of this accident came a design change that if you called for maximum power for an escape maneuver, that if the speed brakes were deployed, that they would automatically retract. >> american airlines agrees pilot error led to the crash but is disappointed investigators did not also fault flight management computers and the lack of a radar approach. the ntsb releases its own recommendations a month lat...

Authority releases its final report in september of 1996 and finds probable cause was primarily pilot error. the flight crew didn't adequately plan and execute their approach and lacked situational awareness. and they didn't revert to basic radio navigation when computer navigation became confusing in a critical phase of the flight. colombian investigators also cite the crews's fail your to retract the speed brakes which prohibited it from gang enough altitude during the escape maneuver. >> out of this accident came a design change that if you called for maximum power for an escape maneuver, t...