Descent Flight Deck Runway 
One Mile at a Time
MARCH 20, 2025
What do we know about the final seconds of the flight? At the time of the accident, winds were at an angle of 270 degrees (the runway was at an angle of 230 degrees), at 28 knots, gusting to 35 knots. degrees to the right, and a rate of descent of 1,110 feet per minute The plane touched down at a bank angle of 7.5
Aerotime
MARCH 21, 2025
While the report draws no conclusions as to the cause of the crash, investigators set out a detailed timeline which focuses heavily on the Mitsubishi CRJ900s descent. TSB At a height of 50 feet the rate of descent had increased to 1114 feet per minute (fpm) from 672 fpm around 14 seconds before. to the right, the TSB said.
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Aerotime
DECEMBER 20, 2024
We will also examine the next most critical phase of our flight, from descent and deceleration to the approach and landing phases, even touching upon what happens when the aircraft arrives safely at the gate. Mario Hagen / Shutterstock The announcement will also be one of the first items on the pilots before-descent checklist.
Aerotime
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Yakobchuk Viachelev / Shutterstock One of the last activities you may notice before the doors close will be the flight dispatcher entering the flight deck to hand over any last-minute paperwork, the final passenger and fuel figures, and a finalized load sheet to the flight crew.
Plane and Pilot
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
And lets face it, the key to that flawless approach is often a well-planned descent. In the airline world, descent planning and execution receives a lot of attention. Like so much of aviation, there are several ways to skin this descent cat. Planning the Descent So, when is a good time to start planning the descent ?
Flight Training Central
MAY 28, 2024
Sitting in the flight deck during the cruise portion of any flight may have a tendency to become monotonous. The numbers 4 and 22 on the approach ends of the runway indicate that the runway is orientated approximately 004° and 022° true. Runway 31 directly into the wind. 040° and 220° true.
Air Facts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
The weather at O’Hare was IFR and the airport was using the ILS to runway 14L. The flight crew did everything by the book while observing strict cockpit discipline. I advised the first officer to change the decision altitude of 852 feet to the minimum descent altitude of 1,140 feet. On the flight deck of the L-1011.
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