Plane crash in Russia: commander of Boeing had no go-around experience
The commander of a Boeing-737 flight that crashed in Kazan killing all 50 people on board had probably never previously made a go-around maneuver in a real flight, Aksan Giniyatullin, General Director of Tatarstan Airlines, told reporters on Tuesday.
"Probably not," he said when asked whether the pilot had had any previous go-around experience.
The pilot-in-command had 1,000 hours of night flights, he said.
The company complies with all pilot training requirements, Giniiyatullin said.
The crew of the Boeing-737 that crashed in Kazan on November 17 had been properly trained, Aksan Giniyatullin, General Director of Tatarstan Airlines, told a press conference.
"The pilot-in-command had 2,500 hours of flight and the second pilot had 1,900 hours," he said.
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