Management mandated "Smooth Landings"(<1.65G's) may have led to air India crash

[thepotato232]

Records of the conversation between the pilots and ATC has shown that co-pilot H S Ahluwalia more than once urged Captain Zlatko Glusica not to land and instead go around.

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But the CVR and black box have got substantially damaged and may have to be sent to the manufacturer (Boeing) in US for decoding.

I believe the accepted internet response to the above logical contradiction is "LOLwut?"

For those who aren't aware, there is a politically-driven effort within the Indian aviation world to remove all expatriates flying for Indian airlines. It's seen as a point of shame in some circles that there are foreigners flying their aircraft while there are "highly qualified" (read: fresh Comm/Multi) Indian pilots out of work.

The "sources" named in the above story are, at best, a rant posted in whatever the local equivalent of Flightinfo may be. The lower echelons of Indian media (guys that make our supermarket tabloids look Peabody-worthy by comparison) are looking to stretch the story as far as it will go. Due process, citation of sources and respect for the dead be damned.