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Subject: Recorder shows struggle to control Flight 587 Author: No name [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:11:57 12/03/01 Mon Recorder shows struggle to control Flight 587 Last Updated: Tue Nov 13 22:13:30 2001 http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/11/13/data_crash011113 NEW YORK - Information from the cockpit recorder revealed the crew of American Airlines Flight 587 struggled to control the plane moments before it went down. Investigators continue to piece together what went wrong aboard the plane. The cockpit tape revealed the airframe rattled twice after takeoff. Two minutes into the flight, the co-pilot said he had lost control of the plane. Transportation officials hope to synchronize the cockpit recorder with the flight data recorder, which was found earlier on Tuesday. So far, they are working on the theory that the crash was not caused by a terrorist attack but was a mechanical accident. The flight data recorder was found near a large piece of fuselage, close to the four homes destroyed in the crash. Data recorders track the actions of the engine and instruments. The flight data recorder is being sent to Washington where investigators will work with a French team from Airbus on Wednesday to study the recording. The Airbus A300 slammed into a community in Queens, New York, Monday morning, raising fears that it was another terrorist attack. The flight carried 251 passengers and nine crew headed to the Dominican Republic. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said on Tuesday that 262 bodies had been recovered. He also said there were five people missing from the Rockaway community where the plane crashed. Recovery workers brought in flood lights to work through the night at the crash site. The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said that an assessment based partially on the information from the recorder points to an accidental cause resulting from mechanical failure. "The communications from the cockpit were normal up until the last few seconds before the crash," said Marion Blakey, head of the NTSB. "At this stage, we believe that all indications are that it was an accident." "Initial inspection shows no evidence of any sort of internal failure of engines. They all appear to be in one piece," said NTSB member George Black at a Tuesday afternoon news conference. Black added investigators flew over the debris scattered in Jamaica Bay and are "fairly satisfied" they have the major parts of the plane. NTSB investigators have been looking closely at the plane's two General Electric CF6-80C2 series engines for clues to what caused the airliner to suddenly drop from the sky Monday minutes after takeoff. The plane was headed to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Two engines separated from the fuselage, indicating the plane broke up soon after takeoff, the NTSB said. The plane's CF6-80C2 engines have been under scrutiny since a report in early 2000 suggested they may have "an unsafe condition" after reports that engine failures sent metal fragments flying. General Electric, parent company of the engine maker says the engine is "phenomenally reliable." Written by CBC News Online staff INDEPTH: Crash of Flight 587 http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/flight_587/ RELATED STORY: 225 bodies recovered from NYC crash http://www.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/11/12/plane_011112 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]