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Old 14th Nov 2008, 06:45
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Kiwiguy
 
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I think we are off chasing a red herring similar to the Gordon Broen radio interference herrings in the BA038 incident.This base is NOT new and it lies directly beneath the flightpath from DPS-PER. As far as I am aware, none of these flights have fallen from the sky over the years?
How about Egyptair flight 990 ?
Autopilot disconnected just like the Skippy bird did.

USA was full of 9/11 hysteria so the co-pilot had to be blamed.

USA also has OTHR radar over the Atlantic like the Jindalee system. UK also has an OTHR system pointed towards the Atlantic.

There are a lot of vested interests from Governments to aircraft manufacturers out there who don't want to admit that electronic interference can flip out systems on commercial airliners.
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