Human error by flight crew primary cause of Shah Alam plane crash, says AAIB report

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The Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) final report on its investigations on an air crash involving a private jet at Elmina township in Shah Alam in August last year has concluded that human error by flight crew was the primary cause of the accident.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/diurr  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The transport ministry on Friday released the final report on the private jet crash

00:05at Elmina Township in Selangor in August last year.

00:08The Beechcraft Model 390 crashed on Persia Ran Elmina on August 17, killing 10 people

00:15including six passengers and two crew on board the aircraft.

00:19The report by the Air Accident Investigation Bureau concluded that non-compliance and human

00:24error by the flight crew was the primary cause of the accident.

00:28It revealed that the incident was caused by the accidental extension of the lift-dump

00:32spoilers by the flight crew during a pre-landing checklist routine.

00:37The report said other contributing factors included deviations from standard operating

00:42procedures, inadequate crew training, regulatory grey areas and deficiencies in communication

00:48and decision-making.

00:50Lift-dumpers or spoilers are devices used to reduce an aeroplane's lift, thereby increasing

00:55drag and are commonly located on the wings.

00:58When an aircraft needs to slow down, pilots deploy the lift-dumpers which extend over

01:03the wings to decrease lift and increase drag simultaneously.

01:07However, during landing, lift-dumpers in most newer aircraft activate automatically to keep

01:12speed more manageable.

01:14The report also said the two crew members' seat arrangement breached the flight manual

01:18and protocol, with them being in the wrong seats before the crash.

01:22The Air Accident Investigation Bureau said it is crucial to emphasize that the findings

01:27are not intended for the purposes of apportioning blame or liability, but rather to prevent

01:32future accidents and improve aviation safety.

01:36The aircraft which departed from the Langkawi International Airport en route to Subang Airport

01:42crashed just two minutes before landing.

01:44An e-hailing driver and a delivery rider were hit by the plane on the ground and perished

01:49during the incident.

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