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Old 16th Jul 2002, 07:56
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It would nice if you would re-post and make into some kind of English. Spacing would be a help!

On second thoughts I have done it myself

The Gulf Air disaster was caused by a deadly combination of factors, a report declared yesterday.

"The investigation showed that no single factor was responsible for the GF072 accident," it says.

The plane, en route from Cairo, smashed into the sea just off Muharraq at around 7.30pm on August 23, 2000, killing all 143 people on board.

In the final seconds of the flight, Bahraini pilot Ihsan Shakeeb was so confused he pitched the plane into the sea, says the final crash report, released by the Accident Investigation Board.

Captain Shakeeb may have thought the plane was pitching up when in fact it was pitching down.

He increased speed and thrust the plane into a dive for 11 seconds, before trying to pull up, but it was too late, says the damning report.

Capt Shakeeb, aged 37 and his 25-year-old Omani co-pilot First Officer Khalaf Al Alawi, may have been spatially disorientated as they performed a tight orbit after a failed attempt to land at Bahrain International Airport, says the report.

They ignored repeated computer voice warnings to "pull up, pull up", in a tragic catalogue of safety violations and mistakes, it says.

It cites fatal flaws in Gulf Air's organisational, management and training systems, leading up to the accident, combined with human error on the flight deck.

Gulf Air failed to respond to safety warnings issued by its regulatory body, or to attend international safety meetings.

It also failed to provide adequate training in emergency procedures and to properly staff its flight safety department, says the report.

"The accident was the result of a fatal combination of many contributory factors, both at the individual and systemic levels.

"All of these factors must be addressed to prevent such an accident happening again."