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Old 9th Apr 2010, 21:28
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I will refrain from giving out names, but I will say that your suggestion is incorrect.

IMHO, the important discussion is what issues led up to this event and how it was handled.

There seems to be a lot of quick comments trying to discredit the 777 crew.
All they did was take off in a heavily loaded jet into raising terrain, and were presented with a RA at low altitude. By all accounts this was handled professionally.

The Cessna pilot found him/herself in the path of a rapidly approaching airliner and took an apparently correct evasive action.

There may be procedural issues that led to this unfortunate event.

I fail to see why so many are eager to pin this any of the pilots involved.

Flying is about minimizing risk - and this may just be an opportunity to review how one handles a mix of aircraft in a fairly confined airspace.
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