That may not be the case, downloaded the IAP charts and
looked at a topo map of the airport area, it appears that
the terrain slopes downward off the end of rwy 26, but that
does not include trees and buildings.
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=...ad27&layer=DRG

Reports are that they hit the airport fence, that would have
seriously impacted climb.

BTW, for those who suggested that the crew may have set the
HI to the wrong heading, transport jets have dual slaved
compass systems.



"Jim Macklin" wrote
in message news:O8vIg.6171$SZ3.5038@dukeread04...
| Perhaps more than the short runway, rising terrain off the
| end of runway 26 looks to be in the take-off path. It
will
| be weeks before the calculations are verified, the ATC and
| CVR tapes checked and the FDR completely investigated.
|
|
| --
| James H. Macklin
| ATP,CFI,A&P
|
| wrote in message
|
oups.com...
|| Matt Whiting wrote:
||
|| You are assuming that all such crashes are due to
| partial power loss. Isn't so. One
|| airplane crash on takeoff a few years ago was due to a
| problem with the elevator trim, if I
|| recall correctly. Also, a weight and balance issue can
| cause a crash right after takeoff as
|| can myriad other problems not related to power.
||
||
|| Well, why then do you guys dread an engine failure more
| than anything
|| else? The reason is because other factors are pretty
| much within
|| your control - pitch trim, aircraft loading, choice of
| runway,
|| condition of the tires and whatever else. Engines too I'm
| sure aren't
|| altogether iffy but there's an element of risk of a
| failure because of
|| their enormous complexity - and nobody can deny that
there
| isn't
|| anything simple about a turbine!
||
|| Someone on this thread mentioned 'loss of control
| surfaces' as one of
|| the many possible reasons - what does that mean? A
| hydraulic failure
|| that altogether prevents aileron, elevator and rudder
| control?
||
|| Ramapriya
||
|
|