Distracted Crew Enter a Deep Stall / West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 Falls From 33,000 Feet
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The Airline's Failure to Perform in Time
The board also found there were serious issues with this airline that contributed to the crash. At the time of the accident, the airline was having financial problems, which affected its operations. Just five months earlier, they had an accident where a smaller plane had crashed on take off due to an engine flame out. In two thousand five the airline was sanctioned twice by the columbian civil aeronautical authority,. Once for an excess weight of 16 hundred 52 kilograms on a flight, and once when an annual inspection revealed infringements on crew rest, hours, flying time and leave periods.
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