LATAM 767 freighter reached excessive nose-up pitch and stalled during windshear escape

Lan Cargo 767-300ER freighter-c-Ian Creek Creative Commons

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German investigators have disclosed that a LATAM Airlines Boeing 767-300ER freighter reached a steep nose-up pitch of 48°, and started to stall, during a windshear-escape manoeuvre on approach to Frankfurt.

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