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Flying Conspiracy tales...

#1 Post by TheGreenAnger » Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:54 am

SAA, in a pariah state.



Whatever the case a truly terrible thing for all the crew and passengers. Still shocking to listen to the CVR.
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#2 Post by Woody » Sun Feb 05, 2023 1:29 pm

Plenty of rumours about this one.

https://simpleflying.com/aer-lingus-712-mystery/
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#3 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Sun Feb 05, 2023 2:14 pm

..and this one!


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#4 Post by tango15 » Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:49 pm

I've just finished writing a book about the Viscount and in the course of this, I've come across a number of unexplained accidents in which the type was involved, including one of which I witnessed myself. (G-AMOL at Speke).
I find it odd that Aer LIngus' maintenance would be questioned. I worked a lot with them in the 60s and 70s, including numerous trips to Dublin, and although I'm not n engineer, I always thought their maintenance to be very good. Lingus also lost a Viscount on a training flight under mysterious circumstances:

https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 19670622-1

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#5 Post by Wodrick » Sun Feb 05, 2023 6:59 pm

I've worked extensively with Aer Lingus for many years, including an A330 course in Dublin. Always a very cool operation IMHO.

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#6 Post by tango15 » Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:21 am

Wodrick wrote:
Sun Feb 05, 2023 6:59 pm
I've worked extensively with Aer Lingus for many years, including an A330 course in Dublin. Always a very cool operation IMHO.
:-bd

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