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Old 22nd May 2009, 08:23
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Finn47
 
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"Never been an alcohol related accident in passenger transport"? Wrong. For instance this crash here, with 25 fatalities:

ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3C) OH-LCC Koivulahti

The investigation report is available on the internet, albeit in Finnish only, and I can post the link if anybody wants to check, but, according to autopsies performed by the Pathology Dpt of the University of Helsinki, the captain had over 0.2 % alcohol in his blood and the copilot 0.156 %. Therefore the captain was at 4 times the present drink & drive limit and the copilot at 3 times the limit.
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