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Re: Be careful who you fly with!
Posted: 29 Jan 2010, 18:16
by DispatchDragon
Seems folks are quick to Judge
Kigali is about 5000 foot high - its Summer down there and hot - the aircraft was close to MTOW so shutting down the engine could have easily ruined
everyones day beyond repair.....This isnt "guess work" I asked my friend what happened and that was the answer I got.
Leif
Re: Be careful who you fly with!
Posted: 29 Jan 2010, 18:24
by Garry Russell
I was thinking more of after they'd landed
Re: Be careful who you fly with!
Posted: 29 Jan 2010, 18:26
by DispatchDragon
Actually the last bit of your post is what Yaman was sent down there for -- to do some instruction on the RJ
Leif
Re: Be careful who you fly with!
Posted: 29 Jan 2010, 19:50
by DaveB
I was thinking more of after they'd landed
Exactly.. and something I hit on earlier. The other engine was still on but at idle so surely they could have taxied in on that and cut the locked open engine when they knew they were down ok. I can't even envisage any of us 'armchair pilots' doing that let alone 'qualified aircrew'
It'll be interesting to read the official report when it's released
ATB
DaveB
Re: Be careful who you fly with!
Posted: 29 Jan 2010, 20:48
by nigelb
An incredibly amazing story, talk about bad days. As they say on this side of the pond "Other than that Mrs Lincoln, how did you like the play?"
Nigel²
Re: Be careful who you fly with!
Posted: 29 Jan 2010, 20:53
by DaveB
