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Old 8th Jun 2010, 00:18
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Those of you who assume that the PNF might have initiated a GA may have a look at this

ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300-622R B-1814 Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE)
Dynasty demoed an earlier A300 go around mode stall in Nagoya in 1994 with similar fatal results:

ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300B4-622R B-1816 Nagoya-Komaki (NGO)

The copilot was over the alcohol limit for many countries (although alcohol has never been blamed for a crash according to some here):

China Air co-pilot over limit for DWI 05/06/1994 | Archives | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

After the 1998 TPE crash and customary resignations, China Air management decreed that the A300 autoflight system was incompatible with local training culture and the A300 became an almost totally expat fleet for its last few years.
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