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Old 12th Aug 2020, 11:20
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parkfell

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Originally Posted by Gizm0
....... perhaps they should reflect upon the way the initial press reports of the Kegworth 737 accident at East Midlands were written. In particular the captain (small c here!) was hailed as a hero for saving so many lives..........
They were unfortunate to encounter the M1 motorway and the westerly embankment.
Just that bit higher gliding past it might have been a whole different story?
The popular press do tend to create a story.

The AAIB of course eventually painted a somewhat different picture from that of hero.
Let us hope the Indian authorities are as punctilious as their UK AAIB counterparts.
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