Posted on 06/07/2009 3:11:49 PM PDT by luckybogey
I was introduced to Airplane investigations more than 30 years ago as a young Airman while serving in Europe in the US Air Force as part of a military aircraft crash recovery detail. The recovered items of an outstanding military pilot that I retrieved for the investigation that day will always remind me of the terrible plain and loss that the Air France Flt 447 families are currently going through.
It is for this reason that I have always paid particular attention to NTSB investigator briefings. I cannot recall a single time when the NTSB was not professional, forthcoming, always in control of the entire known facts, conduct their independent investigation in a non-political, and absolute detailed conclusions and findings. As we watch the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus in Paris next week it is important that we understand the differences between the NTSB and BEA.
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Put (AirFrance 447) in your headings in the future, please. Would like to get Freeper feedback on your conclusion so far. I am following your expert revelation of the facts as they become available. Thanks.
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