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Re: NTSB; and what was the operator doing?
Author: C. Cutler
Date: 06-26-2009 - 08:35

Interesting discussion of the technology.

The NTSB said there was about 125 feet of heavy braking before the accident. So what the heck was the operator doing? Can we really believe that the operator could only see 1 1/2 carlengths ahead?

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  Re: NTSB; and what was the operator doing? C. Cutler 06-26-2009 - 08:35
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