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Old 6th June 2011 | 10:07
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Zorin 75:

That's a depressing read. At least they got around to radio ATC for clearance to fall out of the sky
What's depressing is how easy the recovery could have been by trading altitude for speed. That requires putting to nose well down in such circumstances followed by a judicious application of power.
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