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Old 7th Nov 2014, 23:23
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Originally Posted by Numero1
...and present evidences that pilot error caused the accident.
Now, that's not quite accurate.

To be fair, as far as mainstream media outlets go, The Grauniad is fairly trustworthy - but the only time the term "pilot error" comes up is in one quote (emphasis mine):

Originally Posted by The Grauniad
“There’s nothing that tells me that this was anything other than pilot error, sadly,” said Will Whitehorn, the former president of Virgin Galactic, speaking from the UK.
If you read between the lines, what this actually means is that neither the NTSB nor VG are currently commenting on the causes of the accident, so the journalist has called up a former VG bigwig for a comment in lieu of anything official.
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