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The astronauts on board of Columbia would have tried an extreme maneuver before explosion

Washington, Usa - New data in course of analysis by Commission reveals it

The new data in possession of Commission that inquires about the Columbia’s disaster, exploded in flight on February 1, would seem that the two pilots would have tried to take the manual control. Rick Husband or Wille McCool would be shrewed that the shuttle was losing the control and for this reason they would have uncoupled the automatic pilot, trying to replace shuttle. A maneuver never tried b...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 41941
Rome, Italy, 03/10/2003 18:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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