03-06-09, 08:02 PM
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The Old Man 
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I think it was a clear day! (?)
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At a new conference in the Hague, Dutch Safety Board chairman Pieter van Vollenhoven said the left radio altimeter registered an altitude of eight feet as the airplane approached Schiphol at around 1,950 feet, causing the automatic throttle system to reduce power and configuring the rest of the systems for an imminent landing. The Boeing slowed to a stall and crashed into a muddy field about a half mile away from the runway threshold.
A conversation recorded between the captain and two first officers in the cockpit indicated they had knew about the altimeter irregularity but did not react until the stall warning system sounded, at which time they tried to power up the engines.
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