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2005-05-08 Down Under

Australian Plane crash cause still a mystery

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Posted by Thineling Flomoper5900 2005-05-08 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bad weather, mountainous terrain, no all weather capability at the airport. Landing at these remote airports can be a hairy experience. One time the plane I was on aborted the landing 5 times in a row.

Posted by phil_b 2005-05-08 02:01|| 2005-05-08 02:01|| Front Page Top

#2 ..or reflection of Venus and swamp gas. ;-)

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-05-08 04:35|| 2005-05-08 04:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Five aborts? Hell, I'm getting off that plane.

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-08 06:21|| 2005-05-08 06:21|| Front Page Top

#4 When I was doing my instrument training, a long-time friend who flew all kinds of small and large aircraft told me a bit of wisdom:

Shoot the approach 3 times. If you do not succeed after that, get out of there and go to your alternate. Your mind will start thinking that it sees things, or enough things to convince you of the runway environment. Works for me and I have been flying for 19 accident free years (knock on aluminum).

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-05-08 13:23|| 2005-05-08 13:23|| Front Page Top

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