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Originally Posted by
EL-AL 1971
Given the CAA's and El Al's comments, it is clear that what happened was very serious. And it comes as no surprise to me. There are repeatedly safety incidents involving El Al planes, and, statistically, there cannot be luck each and every time... On October 4th sixteen years ago there was no luck.
But bad luck can happen again, especially if negligence is not eradicated.
Just saw a TV show about that crash and it would seem that it was not a question of negligence but rather design flaws that Boeing subsequently addressed. The exact same sequence of events had happened in Taiwan earlier.
Originally Posted by
sophie007
Interesting discussion and fascinating forum. Thanks for bringing it to my attention
sophi007!
Last edited by yosithezet; Feb 4, 2009 at 1:05 am
Reason: Added comment about pprune instead of posting a new post.