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Old 24th Jul 2008, 02:01
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"On landing, the plane was travelling at 150 knots(270kmh), he said."

That's a straight lie. The investigators are on record as saying that it was 410 km/h - more like 225 knots.....

AM - Report blames high speed for Garuda crash

"Asked by police why he did not land visually after experiencing problems with an instrument landing, Komar said he did not tell his co-pilot he was continuing to use the instrument landing system "because at that time I was the only one in control of the plane that was already running wild".

"The plane nose was always going down and it was difficult for me to bring the plane nose up ... [one of] the reasons for that was the malfunction of the plane's stabiliser which is located at the tail of the plane. However, I could not be sure of the reason," he said."

That's incredible. Sounds as if he left the autopilot engaged and the ILS on all the way into the ground.........?
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