"Stop, Stop," Air France Pilot Told Colleague In "Serious" Landing Incident
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The aircraft appeared unresponsive to the pilot's commands just before landing and multiple audio warnings were heard in the cockpit.
The pilot of an Air France flight from New York struggled with the controls even shouted "stop, stop!" to his colleague while trying to land in Paris on Tuesday, reveals the cockpit audio from the Boeing 777 that has triggered an investigation. The pilots of flight AF011 lost control of the aircraft for some terrifying moments, according to the audio, and there was a "serious risk" of an accident.
The aircraft appeared unresponsive to the pilot's commands just before landing and multiple audio warnings were heard in the cockpit. The Air France plane appeared to veer uncontrollably to the left, according to the audio posted on the aviation website aerotime.aero.
The pilots regained control of the aircraft at a low altitude of around 1,200 feet or 370 metres.
France's aviation safety watchdog, the Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA), has classified the problem over the landing of the Boeing 777 at Charles de Gaulle airport as a "serious incident".
