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Old 23rd May 2010, 22:54
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Diamond Bob
 
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The story on the timesonline web site seems confused to me....

The Serbian pilot of an Indian passenger jet that crashed on Saturday tried to abort his landing and take off again, before crying: “Overshoot, overshoot,” according to his final exchanges with air traffic control.
Zlatko Glusica, 55, was given clearance to land at Bajpe airport near Mangalore, southern India, but was suddenly ordered to abort, according to a transcript obtained by an Indian television station yesterday, as investigators confirmed that they had retrieved the cockpit voice recorder.
The throttle of the Boeing 737-800 was reported to have been found in the forward position, also suggesting that the pilot had tried to abort the landing and take off again from the tabletop runway surrounded by steep slopes. A team of 25 investigators retrieved one flight data recorder from the charred wreckage but were still searching for the main one and would need at least a fortnight to analyse the information, according to the Civil Aviation Ministry.
Pilot tried to pull out of landing just before India air crash - Times Online
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