Or…Here are ten ways that pilot might kill us all. Flight 299’s pilot – who, it must be said, performed phenomenally – initiated a rejected takeoff, and stopped the aircraft safely. The experienced pilot he was, Wheaton recognized his error shortly after leaving the gate. The cause of the crash was simple: the pilot descended below his minimum descent altitude without having the runway in sight. Instead of aborting the approach and circling back, the pilot took the plane to a height of a medium-sized Manhattan office building.

Source: The Nation March 20, 2021 07:52 UTC