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Old 9th Apr 2009, 18:12
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Earl
 
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Rainboe in response to your post about Turkey.
They are proud people, of their country and culture, it is also well know to be very corrupt when it comes to anything such as this, money talks, if it goes into the pockets of the politicians, government agencies or police.
I lived there for a while and was really surprised at some things.
What really shocks me is that some ambulance chasing lawyers is trying to blame the manufacturer for a flaw, never mind that 3 crew with 3 sets of eyes allowed the airspeed to fall 40 kts below VREF.
Then the press in this crash as others in Turkey are labeling the crew as some kind of martyrs.
People everywhere make mistakes, we all learn from them, but to take a mistake and try and blame others just to collect money wrongfully due is beyond me.
The R/A was a minor fault, not monitoring airspeed and altitude was a major failure which cannot be blamed on the aircraft or manufacturer.
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