″There would be no question in my mind if I was going to put my family in an airplane, I’d put them on a plane with Frank … The co-pilot was identified as Lee Bruecher, 26, of Houston. 1 year ago. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ''She said she doesn't date pilots. 3.7k. 'Not surprisingly it is the union. 'I think if it's snowing, they should be discussing it,' she said.NTSB spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said Tuesday the flight attendants' union was part of a panel that listened to the tape in its entirety and agreed last January to delete irrelevant and personal material and also agreed to the final transcript that was released.Lopatkiewicz said he did not know why the union was now trying to make the deleted conversation an issue. She doesn't go for one-night stands,'' the newspaper quoted pilot Frank Zvonek, 43.
Here is a partial list of fatalities in the crash Sunday of Continental Flight 1713 in Denver: Capt. "The final NTSB report blamed the crash on pilot error. DENVER (AP) _ Frank Zvonek, the veteran pilot who died in the crash of a DC-9, was an excellent pilot and one of Continental Airlines’ hardest workers, says a colleague and longtime friend. Two flight attendants and 52 passengers survived. roll was uneventful, but following a rapid rotation, the airplane crashed
He said Continental is convinced the two pilots acted in a completely professional manner before the crash. The Douglas DC-9 was operated by Continental Airlines and was a scheduled flight to Boise, Idaho.Twenty-five passengers and three crew members died in the crash. Continental's Flight 1713 flipped over on takeoff at Stapleton International Airport Nov. 15, 1987, killing both pilots and 26 other people. "The flight left and he was so angry at me because he wanted to get on that flight. They never made it. Frank Zvonek, 43, 18-year Continental pilot, Carlsbad, Calif. First Officer Lee Bruecher, 26, Houston, Texas.
We don't have to know, the public doesn't have a need to know, matters that have nothing to do with the accident.
'Hicks said he was not completely surprised that the attendants' union would raise the issue, but 'what is shocking is the respect it's paid by (news reporters). The CVR tapes recorded extensive talk about the CVR itself, and how, on Continental Airlines Flight 1713, crew discussions were recorded about the dating habits of the flight attendants.
The board said at the time that portion was not pertinent to the investigation.The Denver Post, in a copyright story Tuesday, said it obtained the missing section, in which the pilots were engaged in a light-hearted discussion about the dating habits of a flight attendant, and did not discuss the blizzard. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.
But it just doesn't wash. The captain and first officer never told the tower that they were heading out to get deiced.The confusion led them to sit on the runway for about 30 minutes, which was enough time for the deicing chemicals to dissolve, allowing more heavy snow and ice to build on the wings.A few seconds later, the plane tried to lift but rotated severely, the left wing hitting the ground, crushing many of the victims in the midsection of the jet.Soon after Ferenndelli and other employees rushed to the scene on a bus to help. The investigation showed a flight attendant who survived expressed concern before takeoff that Breucher, with only 36 hours of experience in that type of aircraft, had enough experience to be flying in a snowstorm.A two-minute, 45-second portion of the cockpit conversation had been deleted from transcripts issued by the NTSB last January.
Contributing to the accident were the absence of regulatory or management controls governing operations by newly qualified flight crew members and the confusion that existed between the flightcrew members and air traffic controllers that led to the delay in departure.After the crash, Continental Airlines reiterated its procedures for handling deicing and developed a computerized assignment program that would keep pilots with less than 100 hours flying time in type from being assigned to the same flight.Continental Airlines Flight 1713 was mentioned in the 1988 film The crash was the subject of episode 10, season 18 of This means there is to be no conversation outside of talk pertaining to the plane and pending flight.
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