Mixing vertigo and alcohol is not a good thing.

Aeroflot-Nord Boeing 737. Image: Osdu

Last September an Aeroflot-Nord Boeing 737-500 crashed and killed all 88 on board. The final report released today shows that the pilot lost “spatial orientation”, banking the plane on its left wing, causing rapid decent into the ground.

It seems the pilot had been overworked, drinking alcohol, and not trained well on the Boeing’s altitude indicator as he should. All Boeing 737 flights have been suspended until additional training can be had by the pilots.

After the crash Aeroflot severed links with Aeroflot-Nord and required they remove all the company branding — probably a very smart move considering what happened.

Source: KOMO

David Parker Brown

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1 Comment

Basset Training

July 2, 2009

I have heard about drunk drivers but never heard about drunk pilots..lol..

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