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Mozambique airline captain 'intentionally' crashed: probe
A Mozambican Airlines captain had a "clear intention" to crash an airplane that went down in Namibia at the end of November (news.yahoo.com) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Pilots are so reliant on automation these days that this guy even had to crash with the autopilot!
Yeah piss poor stick and rudder skills, FAA's going to have to include training now for raw data crashing...
I wonder if there was a break up in mid-flight, as was previously suggested by the investigation team. There were 609 body parts found, from 33 souls on board.
http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=7484&page_type=story_detail
http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=7484&page_type=story_detail
That comes out to 18 parts per body for those with a morbid curiosity. Kinda wish I didn't know that now.
TMI. That was 'recovered' parts. No estimate on MUF (Mahem unaccounted For)
9 identified, 23 to go.
9 identified, 23 to go.
Investigations show pilot intentionally crashed Mozambican plane, aviation official says
Preliminary investigations into a November plane crash that killed 33 people aboard show that the pilot intentionally brought the Mozambican plane down, an aviation official said.
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Investigations+show+pilot+intentionally+crashed+Mozambican/9315623/story.html