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Old 28th Jul 2020, 06:41
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Although 30 years ago, the same issues (illusions) keep reoccurring - the recent B767 accident discussion in the USA states that the pilot flying may have suffered the same illusion after inadvertently pressing the TOGA button. It proves that the statement "there are no new accidents" is indeed true...

Regarding the earlier comment that Flight Examiners don't seem to see these issues during IPC's, you need to bear in mind that IPC's (in light aircraft) are completed in daylight 99% of the time & that a true dark night takeoff & the potential illusions associated with that, are not assessed...
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