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Old 18th Aug 2003, 20:33
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Gaza
 
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A very disturbing, but in my opinion, excellent programme. The makers seemed to have based it on facts and there seemed to be little uniformed comment.

It was interesting to see the news reports from just after the event where many (including a DHL spokesman) were quick to blame the Russian's saying they had repeatedly ignored ATC instructions. If the programme was accurate then the first they knew about a problem (apart from the TCAS warning) was 43 seconds before impact. If any blame can be laid on the Russian crew it is that they chose to follow the ATC command rather than TCAS. The disagreement between the RH and LH seats is a classic example of CRM failing.
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