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Old 29th July 2013, 09:18 AM
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Poor fact checking by the media....

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=563_1373664708

Someone Pranked San Francisco TV Station Into Reporting Fabricated Names Of Asiana Pilots
Looks like the South Koreans have played the card back they were dealt...

http://slothed.com/2013/07/23/korean...-gear-failure/
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Old 29th July 2013, 04:56 PM
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Difference being that at least the Southwest Pilots were a victim of mechanical failure and not of their own failings !
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Old 29th July 2013, 06:53 PM
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I think the Southwest pilots may have been victims of trying to land nose gear first. That tends to lead to mechanical failure though.
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Old 7th August 2013, 11:06 AM
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I think the Southwest pilots may have been victims of trying to land nose gear first. That tends to lead to mechanical failure though.
I see that the FAA have banned visual approaches to KSFO 28 left and right...
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...2013-0806-GLOB

Don't 'foreign' pilots practice vasi/papi these days in real life and/or in the simulator?? This was and is still working at KSFO.
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