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Old 19th Nov 2006, 01:06
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J.O.
 
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While I am no psychiatrist, he certainly seems to have a serious case of obsession. What facts about the case were hidden? He fails to inform the reader what they are. Could it be because there aren't any? In fact, a French court recently threw out a case against several officials which made similar accusations.

The investigation clearly states that an error was made by the crew in selecting a vertical speed of 3300 f.p.m. instead of a flight path angle of 3.3 degrees. This, combined with a lack of an installed GPWS, led to the collision with the high terrain on the approach. If any officials needed to answer for their actions, it was the Air Inter management who elected to buy A320s without a GPWS system because "GPWS systems give false warnings". If I were an airline manager, I'd much rather have a crew respond to a false warning than to scatter an aircraft on a mountain top.
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