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14 Friday 4th November, 2011 Probe says hockey team crash caused by pilot error BY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV focus on cutting costs. ately aborted the takeoff when he saw the nose “Many pilots say that those who cause delays failing to lift,” said Ruben Yesayan, a highly dec- MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian pilot inadver- in flight schedules ... run into various problems orated test pilot who took part in the probe. “The tently put the wheel brakes on during takeoff, at many carriers,” Morozov told a news confer- plane would simply have rolled past the runway causing a crash that killed 44 people including a ence. “Company management doesn’t like it.” and everyone would have been safe.” professional ice hockey team, investigators said Morozov blamed the plane’s owner, Yak- Morozov said the second pilot was taking Wednesday, citing lax oversight and insufficient Service, for failing to observe safety standards phenobarbital — a sedative used to control crew training as key reasons behind the error. and adequately train the crew. The company was seizures that is prohibited for pilots — and that The Interstate Aviation Committee said the closed in September by Russia’s federal aviation also contributed to the disaster. He said the pilot Sept. 7 crash of the Yak-42 plane near Yaroslavl authority following a check that found severe suffered from polyneuropathy — a neurological in central Russia occurred because one of the violations. disorder that could affect the feet and hands and “The company practically lacked a proper cause weakness and loss of sensation. It had passed unnoticed during an official medical cer- tification, but investigators found that the pilot Chris Gayle had consulted private doctors about it.
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