Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701

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On October 14, 2004, Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701, a Bombardier CRJ200 on a repositioning flight from Little Rock to Minneapolis, crashed while attempting an emergency approach to Jefferson City Memorial Airport in Missouri, United States. Both pilots, the only two people on board, were killed. The aircraft was originally scheduled to fly a passenger flight from Little Rock to Minneapolis earlier that day, but a mechanical issue forced the flight to be delayed. Since the aircraft was still needed for Pinnacle Airlines operations out of Minneapolis the next day, the airline elected to ferry the aircraft to Minneapolis. The two pilots made the aircraft climb to 41,000 ft (12,000 m), the maximum operating altitude of the CRJ200. Due to the weight of the aircraft at that altitude, the thrust available could not maintain the required airspeed. Due to the low energy state with maximum power, it slowly slowed down and subsequently stalled, resulting in turbulent airflow to both engines, which...

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