Two days after a Jet Airways flight from Goa-Mumbai with 161 passengers skidded off the runway, not much is known about why it swerved 360 degrees at Dabolim Airport during take off.
Now, CNN News18 spoke to an expert who said the accident on Tuesday morning happened because one of the plane's engines went into reverse thrust which could not be corrected, making the plane veer off course.
The pilots engage the on-board computers and the aircraft moved to the starting point of take-off.
After this, the engines picked up speed with 74 percent thrust. But the right engine of the aircraft went into reverse and that's when the problem started. The reverse, which should enable the aircraft to be directed forward rather than backwards, did not disengage despite cutting throttle.
This forced aircraft off the runway. When the aircraft skidded, fuel supply to the engine was cut in order to stop it. But by that time, the nose of the aircraft was in the mud.
29/12/16 News18
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Now, CNN News18 spoke to an expert who said the accident on Tuesday morning happened because one of the plane's engines went into reverse thrust which could not be corrected, making the plane veer off course.
The pilots engage the on-board computers and the aircraft moved to the starting point of take-off.
After this, the engines picked up speed with 74 percent thrust. But the right engine of the aircraft went into reverse and that's when the problem started. The reverse, which should enable the aircraft to be directed forward rather than backwards, did not disengage despite cutting throttle.
This forced aircraft off the runway. When the aircraft skidded, fuel supply to the engine was cut in order to stop it. But by that time, the nose of the aircraft was in the mud.
29/12/16 News18
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