Hey CapnGriff,

Question for you if you don't mind.. That plane supposedly had just taken off and was about 5 miles away from the airport into the flight. From your experience, how fast would you say the plane would be traveling in MPH?

: In the case of this occurring after takeoff, that is the most
: critical phase of flight. The aircraft should be at its
: heaviest with fuel for the flight and then the rest. Still,
: all planes are certified to have a Max T.O. Gross Wt.
: Unless, that aircraft was above that limit then it should
: be controllable.

: I still am perplexed by the look of the aircraft's movement in

: the last seconds. If it was not a model, it would have to
: be entering the early stages of a flat spin. That would
: happen if the aircraft approached its stall speed with one
: engine producing full power. That said, the crew could have
: still saved the aircraft at the point the video picks up
: the plane by reducing the power somewhat, lowering the nose
: and then increasing power as quickly as practicable and go
: back to flying. They had the river as their lowest
: elevation point to use for emergency ditching or level off
: and continue flying.

: All that said, this still doesn't look like the same aircraft
: perspective-wise to me as what is shown or noted by the
: news. A shorter version of the A/C like the ATR 42 may be
: the actual type of aircraft. Hard for me to say by just
: looking at the bottom.

: Still, crews practice until they are blue in the face in the
: US to handle such a situation. Could just be inexperience.
: One has to be cool in such situations as everyone's life
: depends on it.

: CapnGriff