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Old Aug 2, 2023 | 7:31 am
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Originally Posted by halls120
If you look upthread there is a link to the Aviation Herald story which explains what happened. It was a new 767 FO being supervised by a Line Check Airman. My bet is that the NTSB will conclude it was pilot error (new pilot on the aircraft or LCA not reacting fast enough), not a non-airworthy airframe.
I heard a story some time back where a hard landing on a check ride resulted in UA and/or Boeing making a significant change in the simulator software. Apparently, the conditions creating the real life hard landing were not adequately accounted for in the simulator.
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