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Jul 15, 02, 9:52 pm
Pilot Error Caused Air Crash
Pilot error was behind the Gulf Air flight crash off Bahrain's coast two years ago that killed 143 people, according to the official investigation report released Monday.
The Department of Civil Aviation Affairs report said the accident was a result of a fatal combination of factors, including the captain's failure to comply with the ``standard operating procedure'' and the copilot's failure to draw the ``captain's attention to the deviations of the aircraft from the standard flight parameters.''
The report into the crash of the Airbus A320 on Aug. 23, 2000 said the captain may have become disoriented, which could have made him falsely perceive the aircraft was ``pitching up.''
He responded by making a ``nose down'' command, resulting in the aircraft starting to descend when aircraft warning systems were saying he should increase altitude, the report said.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Bahrain-Crash.html
Pilot error was behind the Gulf Air flight crash off Bahrain's coast two years ago that killed 143 people, according to the official investigation report released Monday.
The Department of Civil Aviation Affairs report said the accident was a result of a fatal combination of factors, including the captain's failure to comply with the ``standard operating procedure'' and the copilot's failure to draw the ``captain's attention to the deviations of the aircraft from the standard flight parameters.''
The report into the crash of the Airbus A320 on Aug. 23, 2000 said the captain may have become disoriented, which could have made him falsely perceive the aircraft was ``pitching up.''
He responded by making a ``nose down'' command, resulting in the aircraft starting to descend when aircraft warning systems were saying he should increase altitude, the report said.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Bahrain-Crash.html