From the quote in the above post:
"It is irresponsible to say it was pilot error. ... All the standard landing procedures were carried out. It is premature to say the pilots were responsible," Maia was quoted as saying on the congressional Web site.
As far as I'm aware, no-one has yet shown that reverse was applied to both engines in accordance with TAM's revised MEL (IF that was what was on the aircraft).The transcript comment "Reverse number one only" can be interpreted in a number of ways, not all favourable. In which case, how on earth can this government spokesman say in the same breath that "all the standard landing procedures were carried out"?
What a way to conduct an investigation. Officials saying don't jump to conclusions, then doing just that.
Interesting report above re tankering fuel into CGH. Not an issue in isolation, just another hole in the cheese that night.
Last edited by Max Tow; 2nd Aug 2007 at 02:37.