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Old 08-27-2006 | 06:46 PM
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Having personally lost several friends in aircraft crashes over the previuous 45 years, I can still feel the pain and loss that some are now feeling today. Our prayers and thoughts to those who must bear this loss.
Two previous accidents in the 1980’s show the trap that exists in the loss of Situational Awareness and taking off on the wrong runway. One classic accident was a German Hansa Jet with Watcha McCollum who was a prolific and colorful aircraft salesman.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...1004-0&lang=en

The second is a KAL DC-10 that took off on the wrong runway at Anchorage, AK. In the KAL accident, the pilots and passengers in the Piper Navajo that the DC-10 ran over were very lucky

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...1223-0&lang=en

Ernest K. Gann wrote years ago "Fate is the Hunter"

Last edited by cub pilot; 09-04-2006 at 05:57 PM.
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