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Old 9th May 2009 | 02:48
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rubik101
 
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Apparently not, is the answer to your question.
The reason being, that to publish these 'incidents' in this era of instant communication is to invite rabid press speculation with lurid headlines with which we are now so familiar.
Years ago, a precis of the previous months incident reports were posted on the back of our rosters. The practice had to stop when details were leaked to the press and a regular column of 'near death' experiences appeared in the national press.
For this reason, the essential dissemination of flight safety information amongst and between pilots has virtually ceased.
Now, all we get to read are the accident/incident reports, once published by the Accident Investigation branches around the world.
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