Jakarta Post April 1st 2007
April fools!!!!!!! Sadly not.
Absentmindedness? Also no.
Indonesian egoism. Yes.
The senior pilot could not possibly admit that the copilot was right because he would loose face, so 21 people had to die to maintain his ego
Sick, sick, sick.
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| Investigator suspects 'absent-mindedness' in Garuda crash
CANBERRA (AP): The pilots of a Garuda Airlines passenger jet were arguing moments before it crashed last month at an Indonesian airport, killing 21 people, a senior investigator said in an interview broadcast Sunday. The Boeing 737-400 burst into flames after overshooting the runway and skidding into a rice field when landing March 7 at Yogyakarta airport. Chief investigator Tatang Kurniadi said his preliminary findings would point to human error as the cause of the disaster. "I worry that this accident came from the absent-mindedness from the cockpit," Tatang said in the Nine Network interview. The airliner's cockpit audio recordings revealed that the pilot and co-pilot were arguing over their speed and wing flap angles moments before the crash, Tatang said. The captain and co-pilot, who were among the 119 survivors of the tragedy, were flying together for the first time, he said. The captain had "enough experience" after flying more than 15,000 hours, while the co-pilot was a "young pilot" with 2,000 flying hours, he said. The co-pilot demanded the pilot "go around" - abandon the landing attempt and make a second approach, Tatang said. He said the co-pilot did not properly lower the airliner's wing flaps because he argued the plane was flying too fast. Tatang and his investigation team are to finalize their results within a month. The crash killed 21 people, while 119 others were able to escape through the exits of the burning jet. It was the fourth accident involving a commercial jetliner in Indonesia since 2005. Experts say poor maintenance, rule-bending and a shortage of properly trained pilots may contribute to the sprawling country's poor aviation safety record. |
April fools!!!!!!! Sadly not.
Absentmindedness? Also no.
Indonesian egoism. Yes.
The senior pilot could not possibly admit that the copilot was right because he would loose face, so 21 people had to die to maintain his ego
Sick, sick, sick.
