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Initial preliminary report on the Emirates B-777 crash.
If only Dolan's Doodling Doddler Duffers could ever be so punctual.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-uYrtk...ZKYUE/view

Thanks for that "V", certainly make our mob look like rank amateurs... I've got the feeling this investigation will be a doozy and somehow I don't think we will have to wait half a decade for the final report...

Here is the WSJ summary of that prelim... : 

Emirates Airline Preliminary Crash Report Suggests Engine Power Added Too Late
Pilots appear to have made errors in trying to abort their landing in Dubai
 ENLARGE
Photo from video shows smoke rising after an Emirates flight crash landed at Dubai International Airport on Aug. 3. Photo: Associated Press

By
Nicolas Parasie in Dubai
Nicolas Parasie - The Wall Street Journal
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&
Robert Wall -The Wall Street Journal
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Updated Sept. 6, 2016 11:55 a.m. ET
 
Pilots of the Emirates Airline jetliner that crashed last month appear to have made errors in trying to abort their landing, the preliminary accident report released Tuesday suggests.

The pilots of Flight 521 seem to have added engine power too late in their attempt to climb after touching down too far down the runway, according to the report. While the report didn’t explicitly blame the pilots, accident investigators didn’t highlight any technical problems with the Boeing Co. 777 plane.

The jetliner was destroyed in the ensuing fire at the Dubai airport, killing one firefighter. All 300 passengers and crew on board escaped the plane that became engulfed in flames. One suffered serious injuries, others more minor ones.

The plane touched down far along the runway, triggering an automated alert to the crew of a “long landing.” Flight 521 became airborne again six seconds after the landing gear first touched down, and pilots retracted flaps and the landing gear.

The aircraft briefly climbed before beginning to descend again, according to the 28-page report published by the United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority.

Only then did the pilots adjust the engine’s power setting, investigators said.

“Three seconds before impact with the runway, both thrust levers were moved from the idle position to full forward,” according to the investigation.

The engines started to respond about two seconds later, but not in time to avoid the plane impacting the runway a second later. The plane’s landing gear was still retracting.

“This was followed by the impact of the engines on the runway,” the report said. One of the engines detached, sparking flames.

The firefighter was killed about nine minutes after the plane came to a standstill when the plane’s center fuel tank exploded, according to the report.

An Emirates spokesperson said the airline will continue to extend its full co-operation as investigators work towards the final report.

“Emirates is also conducting its own rigorous internal investigation to proactively review what we know about the accident, and consider measures that may enhance our operations or procedures,” the spokesperson said.

It was Emirates Airline’s first loss of an aircraft to an accident in its 31-year history. Emirates is the world’s biggest airline by international traffic and the largest operator of Boeing 777 planes.

Emirates Airline wasn’t immediately available to comment.
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Before the attempted landing of Flight 521, the crew arriving from India’s Thiruvananthapuram airport received a warning about rapidly changing wind conditions and that two other flights had missed their approach already.

Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travelers, suspended flights immediately after the incident. Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said then the initial landing may have been aborted due to wind shear.
Both the pilot and co-pilot had more than 7,000 flying hours logged.

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