
Confused Pilots Get Lost / American Airlines Flight 965
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The Pilots Don't Know What They're Doing
Pilots were trained and properly certified to conduct the flight. Neither pilot was experiencing behavior or psychological impairment at the of the accident. American airlines provided training and flying in south america that provided flight crews with adequate information regarding the hazards unique to operating there. Flight crew expressed concern about possible delays and accepted an offer to expedite their approach to cali. The flight crew had insufficient time to prepare for the proach to runway one nine before beginning the approach. And they don't realize that the plane's banking. They're distracted. You know, the captain's flipping through binders. It sounds so terrifying, yet they had no idea. Until the ground proximity warning sounds, they had