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I would really question ATC in this? I was involved in a Citation which filled with smoke climbing through FL240 over the channel at night.
We were trying to sort the thing out London were brilliant and very perceptive although at times they didnt have a lot to go on other than "we have a problem a bit of smoke" which turned into a lot of smoke and an emergency.
What happened here? a bumbling pilot all over the sky and ATC continued to handle him as if he had an IR and IFR equipt plane? Come on someone elses actions need looking at without knowing the full details or transcripts.
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