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Old 25th Jul 2007, 20:23
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llondel
 
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I have memories of G-VSKY, it was what got me interested in aircraft safety and the whole process of finding out what went wrong and how to stop a repeat. I flew on it to LAX in Nov '97, drove to my hotel and went to sleep. Arriving at the factory I was visiting the next morning, everyone asked me if I'd seen the news about the crash at LHR. I hadn't, but a bit of questioning determined that it was indeed the aircraft I'd flown over on the night before. I still have a copy of an ex-pat newspaper acquired that week with a picture on the front and the headline "Terror on the Tarmac". (I see journalism has maintained its standards over the past ten years...) Reading the accident report a while later and the attention to detail, including finding the small pin on the beach, just caught my interest. OK, I know I should get out more...
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