George Black
George Black
airplane amount center components engines fire information melt section structure wing
There's a considerable amount of the airplane still left. The lighter-weight aluminum components did melt during the fire, but the structure is still there and the engines and the center wing section are still pretty well intact, so we think we can get some information from that.
airplane amount center components engines fire information melt section structure wing
There's a considerable amount of the airplane still left, ... The lighter-weight aluminum components did melt during the fire, but the structure is still there and the engines and the center wing section are still pretty well intact, so we think we can get some information from that.
fire vicious
It was a vicious fire. There's really not too much left.
analysis cockpit identified members noises quite recording sorts sounds tape voice words
Not only are words important on a tape but sounds are important, ... Quite often spectral analysis of noises or other sorts of clunks and clinks can be identified by members of the cockpit voice recording group.
speculate
I'm not going to speculate about what this means.
brakes caused crew group operations saw track understand
The operations group will be interviewing the crew this afternoon. I understand that he saw some misalignment in the track that caused him to put his brakes on.
looking
There could be ... We're looking into that.
accident aircraft four heard noise obtained recording
The recording obtained from the accident CVR was completely blank, with no conversations or aircraft noise heard on any of the four channels.
challenge difference efficient felt integrity mechanism modest preserve
We just felt the challenge mechanism was a better and more efficient way to go and to preserve the integrity of the game. It's just a modest difference in philosophy.
approach commented heavy lost pilot rain range reported runway sight twice visual wind
Twice during the approach a pilot commented that he had lost sight of the runway, ... There was heavy rain reported, wind shear alertadvisories and the runway visual range was reported to be 1,600 feet.
dual engine failure possibilities
is one of the possibilities for a dual engine failure.
cause might possibly
This is not a cause -- it might have possibly been a prevention.
emergency engine failure found listening mention problems second tape until
After listening to the tape we found that there was no mention of engine problems or a failure or emergency until the second approach.
emergency engine failure found listening mention problems second tape until
After listening to the (air controller's) tape we found that there was no mention of engine problems or a failure or emergency until the second approach.