[Scan-DC] PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE CAUSED MARYLAND STATE POLICE HELICOPTER CRASH IN MARYLAND, NTSB FINDS

[b_thom at juno.com]

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:56:25 -0400 "Cathy Drzyzgula"
<cathy at drzyzgula.org> writes:
> Ok, I know there is really more to it, but the headline is 
> hilarious:
> 
> PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE CAUSED MARYLAND STATE POLICE 
> HELICOPTER
> CRASH IN MARYLAND, NTSB FINDS 

I'd say "perplexing" rather than "hilarious," but I know what you mean. A
"failure to maintain altitude" is the causal factor in just about all
crashes, save the one in Tenerife.
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