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uba757 said:Buck, budy are you talking about the AA Boeing 757 in Cali Colombia? If you are that was pilot error. Nothing to do with the airplane all pilot error.
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uba757 said:Buck the captin made a mistake selecting the navaid in the FMS so the airplane turned to the identifier he had selected by error which was in the opposite direction in a Mountain Valley. Also they accepted a clearence for a straight-in approach but were too high so the FO who was flying used the spoilers to descend. When they got the GPWS warning and tried to climb they were trying to climb with the spoilers extended. They diviated from atleast 3 or 4 AA regulations during the approach into Cali. I wrote a term paper in Aviation Safety class on this accident. The NTSB faulted the pilots, AA and the FMS manufacturer or the FMS program supplier for the accident I dont remember which. This is one of the reasons why we have the EGPWS now. Uba757