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Turkey Cites Pilot Error In RJ-100 Mishap

"Flight Crew Was Insistent Upon Landing"

Turkish aviation authorities Tuesday ruled the crash of a Turkish Airlines BAe RJ-100 was probably caused by pilot error. More specifically, they ruled, it may have been a crew struck with "home-itis."

"Home-itis," of course, is that not-so-rare condition where a pilot really wants to sleep in his own bed tonight, but simply can't (or shouldn't) get there from here.

In the January 2003 mishap, the RJ-100 landed short of the runway in thick fog, broke apart and burned. Seventy-five people were killed in what was the worst aviation disaster Turkey had seen in 25 years.

Investigators said the "flight crew was insistent on landing despite the fact that neither the approach lights nor the runway was visible," according to a Press Association report. The aircraft impacted the ground just as the pilots were deciding to execute a missed approach, investigators said.

The aircraft went down in Diyarbakir, about 75 miles from the Syrian border.

FMI: www.turkishairlines.com/en/index.php

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