Stall is all about airspeed (not enough) and angle of attack (too much). Amazing vertical wind currents are possible around thunder storms. Downdrafts can be dangerous. I don't see how an updraft would cause a crash unless the flight crew was disoriented and made bad choices or structural limits were exceeded.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > archer75--- via Mercedes > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 5:16 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: [MBZ] Quiet day on the list > > > This being a quiet day on the list, I have a question about the Air Asia flight > that went down. > Todays news websites report that the plane apparently climbed at 600 > ft/min, stalled, and then crashed. That rate of climb is beyond its capability > without stalling according to the reports. > My question is: could the storm the plane was trying to avoid have had > updrafts severe enough to "lift" the plane at that rate of ascent? > The pilot on a blog I accessed described what can happen when a plane gets > out of its "envelope" but doesn't mention anything about the storm itself > possibly having been responsible for the rapid ascent. > Thanks, > Gerry > > https://jethead.wordpress.com/ > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no > control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
