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Old 20th Nov 2012, 22:03
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DiCaprio
 
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Have been listening to Irish media coverage all day: even I, as humble SLF, know that this situation was a fair distance removed from the 'narrowly avoided disaster' depicted by the hacks.

Got me thinking, though: given millions of flights per year, the possibility of BOTH 0a and 0b occupants going tits up cannot be completely discounted. What happens then? Can ground operations in any way control the aircraft? I guess the Helios crash would suggest not...but if so, why not?
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