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I remember that, too.He dogged the investigation teams & Boeing (?) until they found that the crash was caused by a defect (reverser opening mid-flight) that the maker claimed was recoverable. Only above a certain altitude, it wasn't.
Lol, they briefly mentioned his stint as an airline entrepreneur-
There's an episode of Air Disasters on Smithsonian that dealt with the crash of one of his airliners. He dogged the investigation teams & Boeing (?) until they found that the crash was caused by a defect (reverser opening mid-flight) that the maker claimed was recoverable. Only above a certain altitude, it wasn't. He was a man of integrity, wouldn't let the pilots get blamed for something beyond their control.
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Great man! Made Boeing blink, but the sad part, is that Boeing is still short cutting testing of their aircraft.
A special man among special men! Godspeed!