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Old 6th Apr 2011, 01:54
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Keylime
 
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This is just the "tip of the iceberg" to be cliche'. I have an acquaintance who related a story to me about a Air India crew out of Delhi several months back that stalled the B777 on takeoff. Supposedly recovered at approx. 700 feet. This gentleman was on the jumpseat and reached up and firewalled the throttles and told the Indian captain to level his wings and lower his nose to stop the buffeting(they proceeded past the stick shaker phase). The two first officers in the cockpit were VERY low time. If this story is true, I would love to investigate the backgrounds of the Indian crew. Unfortunately this is going to happen more and more.
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