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Boeing 757 Crashes in the Atlantic Ocean Shortly After Takeoff

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The Flight Crew's Decision to Compare Airspeed Indicators

Investigators concluded that there was much confusion in the cockpit. The captain questioned both of them are wrong. He said, let's check their circuit breakers. They never mention it. Despite the fact that should be the first thing. What does the third one say? Okay. Now we know what the actual airspeed is. So they took the first step of looking at the third one, but then they don't take the next step of comparing it to theirs to determine which is correct. That's crazy. Yeah.

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