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Quote by: Zeebadee The tower isn't responsible for this crash. The pilot is the sole authority on this and any other plane. It's his responsibility to judge conditions and, if necessary, divert to an alternate airport. This is pure pilot error, either by his flying abilities or his judgement. |
Certainly on a ship the captain is responsible and a plane is a flying ship, I think in law. To jump from that to "this is pure pilot error, either by his flying abilities or his judgement" seems an extraordinary leap with no connection in between.
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AP Investigators trying to determine why an Air France jet skid off a Toronto runway revealed Saturday that only four of the aircraft's eight doors and emergency exits were used to escape the burning jetliner.
Real Levasseur of Canada's Transportation Safety Board told reporters two of the slides used by the 309 passengers and crew to madly disembark after the crash last Tuesday also didn't work properly, even though they are supposed to automatically unfold when the emergency doors are opened.
Levasseur said two experts from the U.S. manufacturer of the chutes, Goodrich Corp., and one from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board were on site looking at why these slides and doors didn't work properly.
Lucie Vignola, a spokeswoman for the federal transportation ministry Transport Canada, said a plan to soon require clear, nearly flat runway extensions is not a result of Tuesday's accident. She said Transport Canada decided to go ahead with the plan after it became clear that international standards are shifting to require additional room at the end of runways. The department has not determined how long the safety areas would be, Vignola said.
The Air Line Pilots Association said Pearson doesn't meet international standards because it doesn't not have sufficient safe areas at the end of runways, including the one on which Flight 358 attempted to land.
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and much more from CBS News..."4 Exits Not Used In Toronto Crash"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...46_page2.shtml
So there seems to be plenty of blame to go around. Big bucks for the lawyers. I'd be very worried about those US emergency doors not opening. Unbelievable.