Originally Posted by
xooz
I had forgotten that the flight number was the same as the Delta flight number of the infamous crash in Dallas in 1985. I was working at DL at the time and the crash of DL 191 was a terribly sad day as well.
There was also a military flight 191 crash.
Originally Posted by
loudgonzo
If I remember right, it was also found out the plane could have been save if the pilot had not "throttled down".
Had nothing to do with the engine power. They slowed to V2--takeoff safety speed--by increasing pitch attitude to climb to their acceleration altitude. They had no way of knowing that the departure of the engine took out the left-wing hydraulics which caused the leading edge devices to retract resulting in a stall speed for the left wing that was above V2. They followed the correct procedure.