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He ascended when he was supposed to be descending. He went left when he was supposed to go right.
I wonder what his name was.
Get the details at the Baltimore Sun.
Anonymouse comments:
Three quotes from the linked article:
"When he asked the pilot whether things were normal on board, the pilot answered positively but his voice was strained as if under stress, Bikbov said."
and
"The problem isn't the planes, it's mainly about the staff and money," said Miroslav Boichuk, head of Russia's Flight Personnel Union."
Stressed pilot would indicate he may have been threatened.
It's mainly about 'staff' and money . . .
"staff" would indicate the threat could have been from another employee on the plane?
About money?
Ahem . . .
"Aeroflot said it would pay victims' families an equivalent of US$80,000 in compensation per victim -- a princely sum in a country where the average monthly salary is equivalent to about US$700.
Even before investigation is complete, officials have a settlement? Hmmmmm.
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Pilot Acted Strangely Before Russian Jet Crash
He ascended when he was supposed to be descending. He went left when he was supposed to go right.
I wonder what his name was.
Get the details at the Baltimore Sun.
Anonymouse comments:
Three quotes from the linked article:
"When he asked the pilot whether things were normal on board, the pilot answered positively but his voice was strained as if under stress, Bikbov said."
and
"The problem isn't the planes, it's mainly about the staff and money," said Miroslav Boichuk, head of Russia's Flight Personnel Union."
Stressed pilot would indicate he may have been threatened.
It's mainly about 'staff' and money . . .
"staff" would indicate the threat could have been from another employee on the plane?
About money?
Ahem . . .
"Aeroflot said it would pay victims' families an equivalent of US$80,000 in compensation per victim -- a princely sum in a country where the average monthly salary is equivalent to about US$700.
Even before investigation is complete, officials have a settlement? Hmmmmm.
- Egyptair: Threat Scribbled On Outiside Of Egyptair Plane, Pilot Spoke With Air Traffic Control For Several Minutes Before Crash... Account Directly Contradicts The Official Claim That There Was No Distress Call
NYT: EgyptAir Was Aware of Threats to Security, Including One Scribbled on PlaneThree EgyptAir security officials said the threatening graffiti, which appeared about two years ago, had been the work of aviation workers at Cairo Airport. Playing on the...
- Report: Co-pilot Of Germanwing Began Descent
From AFP: Marignane (France) (AFP) - The co-pilot "voluntarily" initiated the descent of the Germanwings flight that crashed into the French Alps and refused to open the door to the pilot who was outside the cockpit, the lead investigator said on Thursday. "The...
- Egypt Air Pilot Who Caused Near-collision At Jfk Made Two Big Mistakes
Not only did he turn in the wrong direction, he also crossed a "hold line" he had been instructed to say behind: NEW YORK – A pilot of a jet carrying 286 passengers slammed on the brakes to abort takeoff at Kennedy Airport this week after another plane...
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Libyan pilot, Mokhtar Mohammed Osman, crashes his jet into Gaddafi's secure compound The pilot who flew his plane into Baab Al Aziziyah took off as part of a 2 plane team with the mission of bombing strategic points in Al Guradibya base in Sirte....
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