justme69
Thanks for clarifying, that was indeed how I believed the "official" as opposed to the "press" version of events were.
No one wants to believe they, or someone close to them, is directly responsible for an event like this.
Unfortunately for Furia, his sadly departed acquaintance must shoulder some of the blame even if tech problems magnified the mistake from an incident to a fatal accident.
It would be interesting to run an anonymous poll to see what percentage of pilots have lined up & advanced the thrust levers without selecting flaps.
The results would open everyones eyes