As the aircraft closed to within. about 10 ft of the runway, the co-pilotâs sidestick was. moved rapidly to the fully forward position, before. moving to the fully aft position, Figure 1, Point B. The. aircraft responded, de-rotating rapidly at 4.5Â°/second. before touching down at a pitch attitude of about 1Â° nose.
Guinea-Bissau is bounded by Senegal to the north, Guinea to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It includes the BijagÃ³s (Bissagos) archipelago and other islands that lie off the coast.
Inhabited by Fulani, Malinke, and Susu peoples, parts of present-day Guinea belonged to the medieval kingdom of Ghana and later to the Mali Empire. Explored by the Portuguese in the 1400s, it came under French control in the 1800s, becoming a part of French West Africa in 1895.