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ATTITUDE FOR ALTITUDE: GUY LEITCH

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Dangers of English

One of the more spectacular crashes was that of Helios Airways Flight 522 Boeing 737 which flew on with a dead cockpit crew until it crashed into a Greek mountainside. The root problem was a breakdown in communication in the cockpit.

ATC in one language with pilots in another language.

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