Some weeks ago I read the first interim report from the “Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses” (BEA) on the accident suffered by the Swiftair MD-83 matriculated EC-LTV on July 24th in Mali (find the report here, PDF 5.2MB). The last 1’30” of that flight must have been scary.
MD-83 EC-LTV parameters (2014, Mali).
EC-LTV trajectory worked out by BEA from FDR.
Today, at lunch while on a training course, I had the chance to discuss about the accident with the course instructor (a retired former Airbus senior vice president in customer services) who pointed me at a similar accident undergone by a MD-82 HK-4374X in Venezuela in August 2005.
MD-82 HK-4374X parameters (2005, Venezuela).
The report of the 2005 accident included a study from NASA and a presentation by Boeing then chief pilot covering similar incidents and showing a 2002 Boeing Flight Operations Bulletin warning flight crews of this kind of situations.
Boeing Flight Operations Bulletin MD-82-02-02A.
I’m looking forward for future reports from the BEA to see what are the findings they reach.