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    Posted February 15, 2009 by
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    Rochester, New York
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    Breaking news, Possible "Pilot error".Buffalo plane crash.

    By SlickNick  |  Posted February 15, 2009  |  Rochester, New York
     

    The NTSB has discovered that the "auto pilot" control was on when the doomed craft crashed. This was just reported by Mr. Chealander from the NTSB.He said the preliminary investigation shows that the auto pilot was on, however this hasnt been confirmed by the blackbox yet.

     

    He also stated that when planes are flying on the manual mode, it is easier for the pilots to detect problems that when they are flying in the auto pilot mode.

     

     

     

    Also moments before the crash, the pilot had stated that there was significant buildup of ice on the planes wings and windshield.. Chealander said that pilots are ordered not to fly with auto pilot under conditions like this.

     

     

     

     

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