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Old 8th Jun 2006, 18:41
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jondc9
 
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as pilots must consider safety and economics, so too must they consider the media treatment of their actions.

from today's Edinburgh Evening news, UK.

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Jumbo crew in emergency 'not trained'

BRITISH Airways pilots who carried on with a jumbo jet flight across the Atlantic despite an engine failure were not properly trained, according to an accident report.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said the pilots did not have sufficient knowledge of their plane's minimum fuel requirements.

The crew had to shut down an engine of their Boeing 747 after flames were seem coming out of it after take-off at Los Angeles. The pilots chose to carry on to London but, in the end, declared an emergency and diverted to Manchester.
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