further to NUMBER_TOKEN knots with just NUMBER_TOKEN feet of altitude above the ground the plane stalled and crashed after oscillating in a banking motion crashing around two kilometers short of the runway the plane crashed into a storage warehouse at exactly NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN pm to the second both pilots the flight attendant along with two passengers were killed incredibly a family of three from taiwan who were traveling on the flight survived injured but alive the other two passengers died of smoke and soot inhalation as a fire soon consumed the fuselage two of the surviving passengers noted difficulties in releasing their seatbelts this would prompt a recommendation from the national transportation safety board to replace all seat belts of that particular model number from that manufacturer the investigation led by the national transportation safety board concluded that pilot error was the main cause of the crash highlighting the poor management of the plane included an improper response to a stall alert and the inappropriate use of the plane's flaps captain white failed to monitor his airspeed and failed to apply power where needed this was back to further following tests during the investigation with the help of the aircraft manufacturer test pilots had no difficulty in performing a stall recovery in the jet stream NUMBER_TOKEN when replicating the accident scenario the accident report says that it is difficult to explain how a pilot could not respond to a stick shaker warning appropriately it was found that the pilots did not slow the plane quick enough when they needed to reduce airspeed for their approach this cost them substantial time which could have been used to perform the approach checks other contributing factors which were mentioned in the ntsb report included the pilot's lack of experience of the glass cockpit and aircraft automation suggesting the way in which airspeed and other parameters are presented confused the pilots the operator atlantic coast airlines and united were also criticized for their part it was revealed that the operator failed to provide criteria to pilots regarding a stabilized approach atlantic coast airlines continued to operate for a further NUMBER_TOKEN years after the accident in NUMBER_TOKEN the airline rebranded into independence air in an attempt to capture some of the low-cost airline market they ceased operations in NUMBER_TOKEN.
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