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> Not a single fatal accident was recorded involving a commercial jet. Not one. > the only deadly crash was that of an ATR turboprop Turboprops are not jets.
by terramex 3y ago
> Not a single fatal accident was recorded involving a commercial jet. Not one.
> the only deadly crash was that of an ATR turboprop
Turboprops are not jets.
- hackernewds 3y agothe incident in Nepal was also determined to be due to intentional pilot malice. not to say the systems couldn't have been in place to prevent it.
- alwa 3y agoI’m not sure that’s correct, at least if you mean the determination that the official accident investigation reached [0]. Pilot error and insufficient training on the new approach (being flown for the first time into the new airport), but I don’t see anything in the report that suggested they maliciously wanted to die and kill their passengers. That seems like a pretty big accusation to bring to bear. Although if I remember correctly, didn’t the pilot become a pilot herself after she lost her husband, a pilot, in a crash 10 years prior? (Edit: it was 16 years rather than 10 [1]. I’d forgotten how tragic the whole situation was, and how sympathetic everybody involved.) [0] [PDF] https://www.tourism.gov.np/files/1/9N-ANC%20FINAL%20Report.pdf https://www.tourism.gov.np/files/1/9N-ANC%20FINAL%20Report.p... [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64299882 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64299882
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