July 5, 201510 yr A Taiwan Aviation Safety Council (ASC) report dated 2 July 2015 on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 confirmed that after the failure of one engine the pilot incorrectly shut down the other, working engine. EDIT Investigators released the following preliminary sequence of events. 10:51:13 — Crew receives take-off clearance 10:52:34 — Tower asks crew to contact Taipei Departure 10:52:38 — Right engine failure alert; master warning sounds for 3s 10:53:04 — Crew reduces power to the left engine 10:53:12–18 — Stall warning sounds 10:53:24 — Crew cuts power to the left engine 10:53:34 — Crew declares emergency: "Mayday, mayday, engine flameout" 10:54:09 — Crew calls for restarting the left engine multiple times 10:54:20 — Left engine is restarted 10:54:34 — Master warning sounds again 10:54:35 — An unidentified sound is heard 10:54:36 — Recordings end Gerry Howard
July 5, 201510 yr In the heat of the moment they made a fatal mistake. This is a tragic reminder why Crew Resource Management and Aeronautical Decision Making are such huge components of required crew member training. Sincerely, Chase My 2017 Build: Liquid Cooled i7 7700K CPU idle @ 4.2GHz | MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X 8G | 16GB's DDR4 4000 RAM | ASUS 27" 144hz Gaming Monitor | MSI Z270 M7 Motherboard | Windows 10 | Samsung 960 EVO M.2 500GB SSD
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