http://project7alpha.com/2009/03/turkish-1951-crash/ American Airlines in Burma 1942 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:55:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://project7alpha.com/2009/03/turkish-1951-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-106 chip Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:56:53 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/?p=363#comment-106 Rick; My source came directly from the investigators. IMO the NTSB will conclude the cause was pilot error, same with the buffalo accident. Politics will now enter, and have, as the Turkish government will attempt to deflect blame. That is one of the reasons nobody takes most third world accident investigations seriously. For example read up about the mid-air in Brazil the NTSB actually published a rebuttal to the government of Brazils report, diplomaticly calling them liars. Rick;
My source came directly from the investigators. IMO the NTSB will conclude the cause was pilot error, same with the buffalo accident. Politics will now enter, and have, as the Turkish government will attempt to deflect blame. That is one of the reasons nobody takes most third world accident investigations seriously. For example read up about the mid-air in Brazil the NTSB actually published a rebuttal to the government of Brazils report, diplomaticly calling them liars.

]]> http://project7alpha.com/2009/03/turkish-1951-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Rick Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:16:39 +0000 http://www.project7alpha.com/?p=363#comment-105 Wow. I have not read this anywhere else, and am really very shocked. While I love my auto-pilot (and have always said JFK Jr. would be alive today if he'd used his), I always disengage it 17-20 miles out. I need to feel my plane, especially trimming out for slow flight into landing. It's unbelievable to me that some pro's don't seem to have that need to be completely in touch with the plane they're flying. I'm wondering now what the NTSB will conclude with this. Wow. I have not read this anywhere else, and am really very shocked. While I love my auto-pilot (and have always said JFK Jr. would be alive today if he’d used his), I always disengage it 17-20 miles out. I need to feel my plane, especially trimming out for slow flight into landing. It’s unbelievable to me that some pro’s don’t seem to have that need to be completely in touch with the plane they’re flying. I’m wondering now what the NTSB will conclude with this.

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