Who is doing what to who? A Taiwanese TransAsia GE235 plane with 58 passengers and crew on board crashed into a Taipei river.

Much speculation, but then their always is in crashes like this. First reports should be looked at carefully. It appears that the plane was in a stall after the take-off, whith a report saying that the pilots radioed a “mayday” with an engine flameout. But, still the cause of the crash is said to be unknown. If one propeller is slowing down because of the flameout, then as seen on the video, their may be some drag.
Who knows what the pilots were doing to counteract the 'drag'. Ah, but it will be explained as pilot error. No conspiracy here.

Still photos from video here

Aviation expert David Learmount, operation and safety editor at Flight Global, says it is clear from the video footage that the plane was “fully stalled”.
In a blogpost on the possible causes of the crash he writes:

Quoting:

“An aircraft stalls because it’s flying too slowly to generate sufficient lift from its wings and it starts to fall.

If an aeroplane is flying too slowly in level or descending flight it is normally because there is insufficient power to keep the aircraft’s speed up. The question for the investigators is why was there insufficient power?

”Reports are coming in that the pilots made a Mayday call declaring an engine flame-out.
Both propellers were clearly turning, but that does not necessarily mean they were being supplied with sufficient power to fly safely.
If engine power is lost, the un-powered propeller can cause a lot of drag by windmilling, making the aircraft difficult to handle. Under those circumstances the crew would normally “feather” the propeller to cut the drag.”

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Robert
Sarnia, Ontario
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