Originally Posted by
Organfreak
@A-FLOOR:
Well....no, sorry. That's the very first time I've heard that one, after following these threads closely since 6/09. This Der Spiegel article is full of other mistakes, misrepresentations, and inaccuracies as well. Forget it.
For the record, SPIEGEL reporting concerning AF 447 usually reflects the thinking of Gerhard Hüttig, a professor from Technical University Berlin and advisor to the lawyers of the families of German victims (E.g., he thinks Airbus A330/340 are dangerous & should be grounded because he "proved" in the sim that they can't be recovered from stall). I'm pretty sure he or the lawyers are also the source for most of the "insider" information.