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Delta Connection flight received sink rate alert before Toronto Pearson crash

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The aircraft was slightly below the glide slope, but on the visual segment of the approach and tracking the runway centerline. As was seen in video footage of the incident the aircraft then began to slide along the runway and rolled to the right until it became inverted. to the right, the TSB said.

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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

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Following further discussion and analysis of the flight’s route, Flight 232 was given instructions to divert to Sioux City Gateway Airport (SUX) in Iowa. It was at this point that Denny Fitch, the off-duty training captain seated in the first-class cabin, offered his assistance and entered the flight deck of N1819U at 15:29.

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Meet WindRunner: The airplane set to become the largest aircraft ever built 

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The aircraft configuration sees a monocoque fuselage with a raised flight deck above the nose-to-tail cargo compartment below. The tail is attached to the rear of the empennage and is of a twin-tail design, with a vertical stabilizer attached at each end of the single horizontal stabilizer.

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The previous CTs had a stabilator for pitch, where the new F2 uses a more conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizer. With the F2, the rudder and vertical stabilizer are changed, with the rudder becoming a much smaller surface than before. Otherwise, the F2s flight deck layout is generally straightforward.