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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110527/ts_nm/us_france_brazil_crash
I wonder if this disaster could have been averted had there been a more experienced pilot at the helm.
The 2009 emergency began with a stall warning two and a half hours into the Rio-Paris flight and nine minutes after the captain had left the cockpit for a routine rest period.
The Airbus A330 jet climbed to 38,000 feet and then began a dramatic three and a half minute descent, rolling from left to right, with the youngest of three pilots handing control to the second most senior pilot one minute before the crash
I wonder if this disaster could have been averted had there been a more experienced pilot at the helm.