Wed, Oct 01, 2008
Says "Real" Report On Incident Involving Blair's Plane Still
Pending
In terms of proper British etiquette, it was a royal gaffe.
On Monday, the National Transportation Safety Board released
what most assumed to be the Probable Cause report on a December
2006 incident at Miami International Airport, in which a British
Airways 747 carrying then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair
overran the runway after landing, taking out
some runway lights in the process.
Not by complete surprise, NTSB report blamed the accident on
pilot error... saying the jumbo jet's flight crew failed to take
proper heed of their surroundings, overlooking the green lights
showing them where to exit the runway.
Let's face it... that's not the single greatest revelation to
ever come from an NTSB report (in fact, when we saw the report this
week, we initially declined on reporting it due to lack of any real
newsworthiness -- Ed.) But the story has since taken an interesting
turn.
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that on Wednesday, the
NTSB pulled the Probable Cause report from its Web site. Agency
spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said 'someone' at NTSB mistakenly posted
the report too soon... before British aviation authorities had
their chance to weigh in on the final version.
So, for the record... we still don't have the official report on
why the plane's flight crew zigged towards the runway overrun area,
instead of zagging towards the taxiway.
Lopatkiewicz adds the NTSB may stick to its original wording...
or alter the report's final opinion. It will be curious, indeed, to
see which way the report tilts.
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