Pilot in fatal 1999 China Airlines crash blames Boeing plane

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HONG KONG -- The pilot on a 1999 China Airlines flight that flipped on landing here and killed three people blames the Boeing plane for the accident and says politics prompted the government report that found him at fault, a newspaper reported Sunday.

"There is a problem with that aircraft - ask any pilot and they will say the same," Gerardo Lettich was quoted by the South China Morning Post as saying about the Boeing MD-11 he piloted

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=AS Hong Kong Crash Probe

 

[Spooky 1]

One thing is for sure, the MD11 does not suffer fools lightly.

 

[minitour]

Is there something about it that makes it that much different, or does it demand a certain...ehhh...for lack of a better word, "skill"?

*Speculation Alert!!!*
If there's a problem in general with wide aircraft, do you suppose we'll see bad things with the A380?

-mini

 

[j41driver]

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[Corona]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=AS%20Hong%20Kong%20Crash%20Probe

This from a country whose jet fighter planes get taken out by slow, turboprop transports on an irregular basis.

I have a UPS friend who flies the 75/76. He is leaving those to go back to the MD-11.

'Nuff said.

C

 

[mattpilot]

no no no.. it is not boeings fault... its SPARTAN's fault... they train the chinese in the US

 

[Vik]

The MD11 has a problem .. everything is written in English

 

[Khirsah]

Yeah. By golly, Boeing needs to start designing their aircraft to land in the middle of a tropical storm.

 

[Singlecoil]

Link to the video of the crash....

http://www.airdisaster.com/movies/ Look for the Mandarin crash.

 

[ultrarunner]

If the freaking slope could see straight...


for christ sake....can NO one suck it up...

there...I feel better now.

 

[blade230]

no no no.. it is not boeings fault... its SPARTAN's fault... they train the chinese in the US

The pilot was not Chinese, he was Italian.

 

[mattpilot]

The pilot was not Chinese, he was Italian.

**CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**.. you ruined it for me

 

[ultrarunner]

I figured as much....prly got a meatball lodged in his throat!

BTW, how many MD-11's does FedEx roll over every night. Man, I can't BELIEVE I'm not seeing this on the news.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Link to the video of the crash....

http://www.airdisaster.com/movies/ Look for the Mandarin crash.

Is that the same airline with that picture of one MD-11 taxing by while the other is rolled over and burned up right next to it?

 

[Metro752]

http://zeeb.at/oops/DontLook.jpg