AW 139 down in Abu Dhabi
Hi Folks
Just got an email this morning from a friend at ADA, the FDR and the VDR have been analysed, the 139 was in perfect shape, this accident was CFIT
(controlled flight into terrain). To put back a few things in perspective, the weather in the UAE is rarely IFR, visibility in the summer is reduce due to haze, but is rarely IFR, pilots overthere, never really have a chance to pratice
real IFR flying, like we do in North America, the North Sea or West Africa. The sun or the stars are shining about 360 days a year ovethere, and the sad thing is that the peoples in the third floors in Abu Dhabi Aviation do not believe in simulator training, so none of the guys overthere, had simulator training on the 139 or the 412 except a very few guys in the training dept.
What we had there, a complex machine with a low time pilot on the 139at the control and a useless VIP on the other seat, J.Hanley was in the back
and of course, useless as well, could simulator training had prevent the accident? I let you come up with your owns conclusions.