Craig Quigley said Tuesday the plane had about 15 minutes between the time of the impact and the time it landed on Hainan.
He flew the X-15 rocket plane to the edge of space - 200, 000 feet up at 4, 000 mph.
The airport was shut for two hours on Monday, after the World War II plane came in at 15.30 GMT.
The plane clocked up about 15, 000 hours of service for the RAF from the 1950s through to its retirement in 1991 and is currently at Coventry Airport.
Before being chosen in 1962 as one of the "Group II" astronauts -- which included Apollo 13 commander James Lovell along with such legends as Frank Borman, Pete Conrad and John Young -- Armstrong was one of the elite pilots selected to fly the X-15 rocket plane up to five times the speed of sound and toward the edge of space.
The "confusion" started after the plane remained at the gate for 15 minutes after the door closed, Baldwin wrote.
In May, 15 people were killed when a plane crashed trying to land at an airport in the north of the country.
Osborn said he made "at least 15 mayday calls" as the plane limped toward the nearest landing strip -- China's Lingshui military base on Hainan Island.
He famously said in an annual meeting that his smaller company, had the same earnings as previously, and it was analogous to a plane descending from 30, 000 feet to 15, 000 feet.
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It is the first entirely new plane built in the U.S. in 15 years, and was certified by FAA two years ago.
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On Tuesday, Air Berlin announced an order for 15 Dreamliners, noting the 787 is the right plane for them in the long run.
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An Iranian news agency reports that 15 detained British sailors and marines will leave Iran by plane Thursday morning.
The cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder of the ill-fated plane are yet to be recovered, Ria Novosti reported at 02:15 local time on Thursday.
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As Robbins, 44, and his 15-man crew approach the school--identified earlier by spotter plane--they lower two 40-foot boats into the water.
The plane came down in fields at Water Newton, near Sibson Airfield at about 14:15 BST on Friday.
Cypriot Transport Minister Haris Thrassou has denied reports of 48 children being aboard the plane, telling Reuters the number of people below the age of 20 was "between 15 and 20".
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