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While it is WAY too early to name a specific probable cause for the accident that befell SpaceShipTwo, evidence has revealed a series of worrisome clues that seem to indicate that SpaceShipTwo may have undergone an uncommanded wing feathering sequence at a speed in excess of Mach One. Wing feathering requires two primary actions... the first is to activate the wing feathering system, usually done at 1.4 Mach and, this time, done a bit earlier at about 1.0... the other is to actuate the wing feather seq
"We anticipate the typical time frame for an accident like this. It may be helped by the rich data sources that we have." Source: NTSB Interim Chair Christopher Hart.
Published by the FAA, a SAFO often contains critical aviation safety related information that the FAA has determined that various aircraft operators need to know.
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