A report says a business jet flying over New England violently pitched upward then downward — fatally injuring a passenger — after pilots responding to automated cockpit warnings switched off a system that helps keep the aircraft stable
FILE - Dana Hyde, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, participates in the Ghana Compact signing ceremony during the US Africa Leaders Summit at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 5, 2014. Investigators said Friday, March 24, 2023, that Hyde, a passenger on a business jet, was fatally injured in early March when the aircraft violently bucked up and down after pilots disconnected a system used to stabilize the plane. HARTFORD, Conn.
The plane's nose then swept upward, subjecting the people inside to forces about four times the force of gravity, then pointed lower before again turning upward before pilots could regain control, the report said. Bombardier did not respond directly to the report's contents, saying in a statement that it was “carefully studying” it. In a previous statement, the Canadian manufacturer said it stood behind its Challenger 300 jets and their airworthiness.
Hyde served in government positions during the Clinton and Obama administrations and was counsel for the 9/11 Commission, formally known as the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. The plane violently oscillated up and down and the"stick pusher” activated, the report said, meaning the onboard computer thought the plane was in danger of an aerodynamic stall.
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