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Old 4th Aug 2005, 09:59
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The Southend King
 
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There is little doubt that the absene of fatalities in this incident means the cabin crew did a good job.

However, having read through all the reporting, there appears to be some serious inconsistencies in the stories.

Why has there been no mention of the Captain? An early news report stated that on of the flight crew had been found by the fire services away from the aircraft. Another report stated thet the First Officer made a radio call to state that he had checked that all passengers were out of the aircraft. putting those two together would suggest that the Captain might have been one of the first out of the aircraft. Is this AF procedure?

I've listened to the ATC link posted earlier. It would appear that the weather problems were creating major disruption, as many aircraft were in a serious low fuel state ( KLM declaring a " Low Fuel Emergency having gone around immediately after the AF crash). Were the AF crew force themselves into a " must land" situation due to low fuel?

Food for thought.

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