WASHINGTON: Yellow Warning Light, followed by red: Voyage July 11 Richard Branson to seek a warning cockpit experienced about rocket-powered ascent which can endanger the mission, according to a new report by New Yorker.
On Thursday, the US Federal flight administration confirmed in a statement to AFP, it investigated flights for deviating from planned trajectories.
“During the flight 1121 July, Virgin Galactic Spaceshiptwo vehicle deviated from the air traffic control permit when returning to Spaceport America,” the space base in New Mexico was hired by the company.
“The FAA investigation is taking place.” Confirmation came a day after the New Yorker published an explosive report by the journalist investigating Nicholas Schmidle, who said the red light showed the climbing of the spacecraft too shallow and the nose was not vertical enough.
Without corrective action, the ship will not have enough energy to slide back to its foundation.
“According to various sources in the company, the safest way to respond to the warning will occur,” Wrote Schmidle – even though Virgin has denied this.
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The pilot did not cancel and vice versa trying to fix the trajectory problem, now fly at Mach 3 with a red light.
The ship then reached 85 kilometers (52 miles) at the height – above the definition of the US room – and landed safely, but the data was taken from FlighTradar24 showed that he had flown outside the designated path.
The decision “whether (pilot ‘or not (pilot’) is motivated by programmed pressures and the hope of the billionaire bankroller they sit in the back remains unclear,” Schmidle wrote.
Virgin Galactic told AFP denied “characterization and conclusions misleading in New article York.
“When vehicles meet high altitude winds that change the trajectory, pilots and systems monitor the trajectory to ensure it remains in the mission parameter,” he said in a statement.
“The pilot we responded appropriately to change the condition of this flight exactly as it has been trained and appropriate With our designated procedure.
“The company recognizes that flights have deviated from the initial plan, but characterize deviations as a short period of one minute and 43 seconds when flying below the specified height, rather than changes in the area flying.” There is no time traveling.
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“Virgin Galactic has close calls and accidents in the past – especially in 2014 when a crash killed one pilot and injured the others.
Schmidle also wrote that key personnel that are critical of the company’s safety culture have resigned or fired, including former pilot test leaders and flight test director.
The company said Thursday was urged ahead with the next test flight at the end of September or early October, involving members of the Italian Air Force.