[LINK] reliance on automatic technology settings

[Scott Howard]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Ivan Trundle <ivan at itrundle.com> wrote:

> > In this case, the pilots flew below their landing speed for over 30
> > seconds.  They ignored visual aids at the airport intended to let them
> know
> > they were coming in too low (
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_approach_path_indicator).
>
> I'd like to appreciate how you know this.
>

The NTSB released data on the speed of the aircraft several days ago. This
data was taken from the Flight Data Recorder on the plane (ie, the black
box).

 34 seconds before the impact they were travelling at 134 knots, below the
planned approach speed of 137 knots.  From that point, the speed continued
to drop before reaching a low of 103 knots shortly before impact.

  Scott