It's way too early to be offering any opinions on this accident. It does no one any good to speculate on these events least of all their families. Waiting for an official statement from the accident investigators is way more prudent than basing an opinion on media sensationalism.
Baron Carter CFI,CFII,MEI -----Original Message----- From: Wizard of OS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 02 July, 2002 08:14 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:20767] Re: flight accident We shouldn't react, first of all Russia is 101 % metric. It isnt the fault of the russian pilot but more of the US who imposed feet upon aviation. 45 % if flight traffic is over the US that's the reason! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis JOURDAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 6:38 AM Subject: [USMA:20764] flight accident > Last night a dramatic accident took place above Switzerland : a > Tupolev plane from a Russian company and a Boeing from the DHL > company have telescoped while cruising at an altitude of 11 000 m. > > According to first information, the Russian pilots have > misinterpreted instructions from flight controllers. > > Which could mean: "Russian pilots, not familiar with units commonly > used for expressing altitude in world civil aviation (feet), are > responsible for the crash". > > If this explanation is confirmed, how should we react? > > Louis >
