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Old March 4th 09, 04:47 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mike Ash
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Default Radio altimeter fault triggered Turkish Airlines crash

In article ,
"Musicrab" wrote:

In the news everywhere
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/un...sh-airlines-cr
ash-evidenc.html

What's the Boeing 737-800 flight manual say about what to do when left and
right hand altimeters don't match?


I think pilots should have their own version of the doctors' "primum non
nocere": first, fly the plane!

Of course this is a preliminary result and could well be wrong, but even
so I think there's a good lesson in it for us: always keep your mind on
what's important, and never let yourself be distracted by trivial things
when your mind is needed elsewhere. Of course we all know this already,
but a reminder never hurts.

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