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Originally Posted by Bigtime
Air Asia in SFO all over again?
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Hopefully not. The SFO Asiana accident personified poor airmanship/judgement/competency by all 3 crew members. At this point, we can only speculate on this incident but there are some early clues that point to the people side of things and not the aircraft. Based on the metar at the time of the incident there was wind shear reported at OMBD along with blowing dust which may have been the catalyst for the attempted go around. The 777 has a gust inhibitor built into the auto throttle and if engaged would offer protection by instantaneously adjusting power to compensate for shear. Will be interesting to see if the auto throttle was turned off. Will also be interesting to see what role, if any, wind shear played into things.