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Old 9th Sep 2007, 14:42
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Thank you marciovp for your enlightened view. Yes, I'm sure we all feel a little paranoia, a little xenophobia in a tragedy under such circumstance. And those who would exploit the same for political ends must be shown for what they are. (Many Norteamericanos will recall the 1979 ORD DC-10 crash in which an NTSB official, a day after the accident, infamously held up a broken bolt to announce he had found the "cause" of the disaster.)

Fortunately the international agencies (ICAO, IFALPA -- ) will serve to do the right thing and point to a better way. They are not perfect, but they still have the common goal of accident prevention and are less subject to local politics.
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