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Pull what
In the same way if a student cannot press the tit and say "mayday mayday mayday" while pushing the nose over with an EFATO he is not smart enough to realise that folklore teaching from the days of speaking tubes is a bit dated.
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The problem here was the Tomahawk pilot didn't push the nose over so the aircraft did not stall and spin, the only action he did was push the transmit button. Yes alerting airport services is a good idea but it has to happen after you fly the airplane. In this case what could have been a simple forced landing ahead turned into a stall spin tragedy.
I have to wonder if this is not a result of instruction that placed more emphasis on talking on the radio instead of the imperative of lowering the nose after an EFATO and flying the aircraft to a controlled touchdown....