The pilot behind the dramatic Delta crash that flipped a plane upside down at Toronto Pearson Airport has been identified as 26-year-old First Officer Kendal Swanson. A Minnesota beauty pageant winner who completed her training just last April with under 1,500 flight hours.
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🏛️ PANIC IN DEI 🏛️
I'm still calling it that she panicked. Looked like the cross winds were causing the plane to roll. If she pulled up while rolled she'd move off the runway. Tried to get level before pulling the nose up instead of pulling up, leveling and either trying to rudder steer or abort.
Pulling the nose up obviously drastically reduces the rate of descent. She didn't have the time to not pull up the nose.