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Old 01-17-2008, 10:03 AM
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FNG1
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As aviation professionals, I think we should adhere to the 5 seconds rule. That is after a big accident like this one, you should be able to summarize what happened in 5 seconds with factual information. Example “a British Airways Boing 777 crashed in London this morning, of a crew 16 and 135 pax, only 6 minor injuries”.

Anything beyond that statement is speculation, and speculation is in my opinion the worst enemy of aviation safety activism.

And I quote my aircraft safety teacher “airline accidents are usually multi-causal, complex puzzles that demand time and attention detail to solve” and “almost all initial theories proposed during an accident investigation are flat-out-wrong”.
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