The captain's overcontrol of the aircraft during landing and failure to execute a go-around
The captain's overcontrol of the aircraft during landing and failure to execute a go-around from a destabilized flare were determined as the probable causes of the July 31, 1997, crash of a FedEx MD-11 at Newark (N.J.) International Airport, in an NTSB determination that was released last week.
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