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  • Pilot pushed jet to ‘show off’(crashed Sukhoi airliner)

    05/15/2012 8:06:10 PM PDT · by PotatoHeadMick · 37 replies
    The Jakarta Post ^ | 05/14/2012 | Bagus BT Saragih
    As search-and-rescue (SAR) teams continue to airlift the bodies of passengers of the ill-fated Sukhoi Superjet 100 from Mt. Salak, West Java, on Sunday, more clues have been found indicating that its pilot pushed the aircraft to show its capacity to potential buyers. Confirming Russian Vice President Dmitry Rogozin’s statement that human error may have been to blame for the crash, an official with the Indonesia National Air Carrier Association (INACA) who was on the first demonstration flight of the Superjet on Wednesday morning said that the pilot performed extreme maneuvers to test the capability of the aircraft. INACA secretary-general...