Hiker
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russfarris
Registered: 01/07/07
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This article is the absolute best I have ever read on this accident, and I have been very familiar with it for many years. I spoke to Phil Bradley on the phone in 1995, and visited the crash site in 1996. Most of it had been salvaged, but the entire center section of the wing was there, upside down, with the extended landing gear bent backwards by the impact. I have an interest in this accident because I was a pilot for Piedmont since 1986 (now US Airways.) Russ Farris |
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SixbyFire
Registered: 04/08/07
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Not only is this an amazing article, the comments at the bottom, some from relatives of those on the plane, are just chilling for lack of a better word.
Jeff
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AAIR
Registered: 12/02/06
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TimApNy
Registered: 09/03/07
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DaveTrojan
Registered: 12/31/06
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Great story! Interesting theories in the story. I liked how ALPA investigated and came up with different conclusions.
DaveT
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skipd
Registered: 10/23/09
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I am the pilot who decided to re-enact the government’s flight path theory in July, 2009. I did this to collaborate with Hawes Spencer for his article. After reading the reports and making the flight, I am very skeptical of the government’s findings and theory as to why the accident occurred, based upon their own “facts”. I too will be at the memorial looking forward to meeting Mr. Bradley and surviving family members of the passengers and crewmembers. In particular, by making this flight, I hope that there may be some closure for them, as to whether or not the official report from the government was indeed sufficiently accurate to have closed the accident file. |
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Hiker
Registered: 04/01/08
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skipd
Registered: 10/23/09
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Hiker
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This morning’s tribute to those deceased was a fitting memorial to the 50th anniversary of the crash. I had the opportunity to meet a number of surviving family members and relate to them what I found on my retracing of the flight path as published in the official CAB findings and whether or not the flight could have taken that path.
There is more work to be done on continuing to find the real cause of the tragedy, as the CAB used speculative information to close a case that should have been investigated further so as to not place blame on the flight crew based on the lack of facts presented.
I hope to bring closure those families who are still wondering how this tragedy could have occured.