Experts: Passengers in Polish Cockpit Before Crash

[Elmore Furth]

Source: Associated Press

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 19, 2010
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MOSCOW (AP) -- Officials investigating the plane crash that killed Poland's president and 95 others last month say the crew did not have regular training and that passengers were in the cockpit before the crash.

There was no conclusion given about the cause of the crash on approach to the Russian city of Smolensk.

Polish investigation envoy Edmund Klich said it was unclear whether the non-crew voices heard in recordings influenced the crew to land despite warnings of bad conditions and poor visibility.

At a Wednesday news conference reporting preliminary investigation results, Russian Interstate Aviation Committee official Alexei Morozov said the crew was formed only a few days before the flight and had not had regular training on how to handle special flight situations.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/05/19/world/AP-EU-Russia-Polish-Plane-Crash.html?_r=1&ref=news

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. suspicious

[SoapBox]

2. How dumb...

I'll just bet...that the rich and the powerful, wanting what they want...NAGGED
the pilots to try and land. And what did they get for it?

Dead.

...reminds me of several occasions here, while I was on flights going into REALLY
bad weather...other passengers around, mumbling to each other about why "those guys"
didn't just plug in the computer and let it land the plane...if "those guys were chicken."
Ya...thunder storms from hell and they wanted the plane to take care of itself. Thank goodness
for the pilots that told the plane "no".

Shows how stupid most air travelers are.