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Old 24th Dec 2013, 10:03
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widebody69
 
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Too true Oakape,

A guy who has admitted he didn't fancy a visual approach on a new type in the investigation and did too little too late to save the day vs a guy who has, with his co-pilot inadvertently continued down a taxiway he thought he was safe on.

Priceless.
Sorry but you're way to premature with this conclusion. Their could be a lot of similarities discovered in the investigation, we don't know at this stage. 'Not fancying a visual approach' is the start of the chain of events/errors that could also apply to this incident, primarily CRM and culture. Probably not, but could all the same.


For example were the crew actually looking out the windows of not? Did they think they were taxiing safely or did the miss the turn while looking down. One conclusion implicates airport standards, the other could mean it was not a factor. If they were looking down or distracted, they could have gone anywhere.


I think the point that's trying to be made is that while the BA crew and SFO fire crews are granted much benefit of the doubt, Asiana and AF380 crews were recipients of a lot less. While its natural, its disappointing.
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