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Old 3rd Aug 2005, 08:16
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Pegasus77
 
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As a 340-pilot myself I was completely shocked by the images I saw yesterday on television.

On CNN within 10 minutes they had already decided it must have been a windshear accident, which to my opinion was near the impossible (they overran, and did not crash short of the runway).

Then they got hold of an actual passenger who had evacuated the burning aircraft only minutes ago... That meant that at least some of the pax had come out alive!

After it was clear that at least most of the people got out unharmed, I was able to go to sleep.

I don't even want to speculate on what caused this crash. I only want to congratulate the crew on doing a fantastic job evacuating the aircraft and saving all the lives on board before the aircraft was completely on fire. I love professionals on board of an aircraft!

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