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The physical evidence of TWA 841
In an earlier post titled Garbage in, garbage out, I wrote about how the NTSB discounted the crew’s testimony and tried to rely solely on the physical evidence, which consisted of the CVR, FDR, and the damaged aircraft. The picture included here shows the missing #7 slat. It’s easy to
Two accidents, two near accidents, one rudder
In researching the TWA 841 roll-over incident, all evidence thus far points to a problem with the rudder. Investigators, however, were following a red herring involving the #7 slat. After all, it was a glaring clue staring them right in the face — a large gaping hole on the right side
Garbage in garbage out
The flight data recorder (FDR) on TWA 841 recorded just four parameters: altitude, g loads (vertical acceleration), heading, and airspeed. Today’s modern digital flight data recorders (DFDR) can record 28 parameters and even more on fly by wire aircraft. When the NTSB investigators decided that the crew was not being
35 Miles From Shore – The Film
Everyone who writes a book entertains the possibility that their story would make a great film. I certainly felt that way about my book. So I spent a little over six months adapting my book into a screenplay. I sent it off to an agent and they agreed to represent
A little background on the CVR
One of the unsolved mysteries concerning TWA 841 involves the supposed erasure of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR). Early in the investigation it was discovered that all but the last nine minutes of the CVR was blank. The NTSB leaked that the CVR had been erased, and overnight the crew
How it all started
In this video clip Hoot Gibson retells a story he’s told a thousand times. It’s a story that has been unchanged from the first time he told it some 33 years ago. It’s the not the same story of how the NTSB explained the upset, not even close. As you