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Old 29th Jun 2016, 13:16
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The full crash report is below. I find it strange that a combination of a broken aileron control chain, in conjunction with an onset of sudden illness in the pilot, is suggested as the possible cause of the crash.
The chances of both events happening simultaneously would initially appear to be in the hundreds-of-millions-to-one, possibility range.
What is interesting, is that the firewall shutoff lever for the starboard engine was found in the closed position, and it was deduced that the lever had been moved to this position before impact.
Yet in the final analysis, this starboard engine shutoff lever set to the "off" position, doesn't rate a mention?
I wonder why this only received a mention in one paragraph, and the glaring lever position was then apparently ignored in the analysis?

http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Downloa...son-VH-AGE.pdf
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