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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 1:33 pm
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Originally Posted by BApilotinsider
The pitch attitudes and speeds that the aircraft was subjected to could easily have caused the airframe to break up. Fortunately the First Officer was a former RAF fast jet pilot and knew a thing or two about how to recover an aircraft from an 'unusual' attitude without overstressing the airframe, whilst having a rather large man on his back.....
Give that man a medal. And a lifetime of free flights.
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