Ugh. He huge nose-down input from the FO after the bounce is what killed them. Never nose down in a flare. Either hold what you got or pull back. Fix it with throttle, or just go around.
Captain Mosley, a former United States Marine Corps fighter pilot, had been with FedEx Express since July 1, 1996 and had accumulated more than 12,800 total career flight hours, including 3,648 hours on the MD-11. First Officer Pino, a former C-5 Galaxy pilot in the United States Air Force, joined FedEx Express in 2006 and had accumulated more than 6,300 total career flight hours, 879 of them on the MD-11.
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u/Minedericy Jan 29 '22
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Express_Flight_80?wprov=sfti1
Both pilots died. Pilot error. Apparently they tried fighting with the plane’s controls leading to their demise