Greek crash CRM nightmare....

[C650CPT]

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Crew confusion found in Athens plane crash

At 14,000 feet, oxygen masks deployed as designed and a master caution light illuminated in the cockpit.

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All bells and lights and whistles aside, the masks deploying should have been a clear indication of a pressurization problem. Granted there were problems from the begining with this flight, namely the crew selection. This was sad because the accident was totally avoidable.

Jim

[Doug Taylor]

I had a frozen outflow valve on a 727 once, that was a lot of "fun" and required a lot of reverse engineering to stabilize things.

[Matt777]

I wonder why the author of this article left out the fact that a flight attendant, who had just started taking flying lessons, had supplemental oxygen and disengaged the autopilot to start a a descent (over an hour after it started holding).

This article even says that the fuel imbalance disengaged the autopilot, but F-16 pilots actually saw this guy on the flight deck moving around.

But it did run out of fuel (not that a student pilot has the skills to land a 737 anyway).

Interesting.

http://www.flightinternational.com/A...nd+Mayday.html

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1758630,00.html