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Fremtiden Nyhet
Initial Report into Crash
of Norwegian Flight
DY666

mountains that rise steeply towards the start of

this approach. Although they received a warning
from the aircraft Ground Proximity Warning
System and carried out the correct procedures
that all pilots learn and practice in the simulator,
the performance of the aircraft was not enough
to clear the terrain and the aircraft impacted the
side of the mountain, 200 feet blow the summit,
at a speed of 208 knots (385 kph), destroying
the aircraft and killing all 173 people on board,
including the crew of 6.
Investigators were quick to point out that,
although the pilots made a fatal error, it would
appear that other factors played a major role in
causing them to make this mistake.

It would appear from playback of the cockpit

voice recorder and evidence given by the friends
Investigators have today released their initial and family of the 2 pilots, that both men were
report into the crash of Norwegian flight under considerable stress on the days leading up
DY666 which crashed the hills to the north of to the fateful flight.
Malaga, Spain, shortly before it was due to
Captain Pressure, who was supplied to
land
having taken off just over 4 hours
Norwegian as a 'contractor' from the agency
previously from Oslo's Gardemoen Airport.
PERK, had been told that he would need to sign
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft was flown by a new contract, with a new agency, from the
Captain Max Pressure, with over 17,000hrs of beginning of 2016. It would appear that he could
flying experience, including over 10,000hrs find out very little about this company and
on the 737, and Senior First Officer Justin hadn't yet been informed about the exact details,
Fromryanur, with 2600hrs on the 737 and terms & conditions of this contract, even though
almost 4000hrs of total flying time .
he had been given a deadline by which he must
From the initial report it would appear to be a sign - or loose his job. His wife, Aire,
case of what the industry call 'CFIT' or commented that Max had seemed agitated and
Controlled Flight IntoTerrain, caused by pilot distant in the days before the incident.
error.
At the time of the crash the mountains
surrounding Malaga airport were covered in
dense clouds so the pilots would have been
relying on their instruments to navigate.
Tragically, it would appear that the pilots set
an incorrect pressure setting on their
altimeters which caused them to think that
they were higher than they actually were. As
the aircraft approached the Instrument
Landing System (ILS) guidance for their
landing they were already below the

Senior First Officer Fromryanur had, the

previous day, been given notice that the
company would be laying him off without pay
for 4 months during the winter season. With a
recently purchased house and a new baby on the
way, this was clearly causing him a high level of
anxiety. Justin's girlfriend, Maya, released a
statement to say that she was still too upset to
comment but that their little boy Bjorn (who
never met his father) was born healthy, despite
the birth being premature possibly due to the
stress and grief caused by her loss.

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Investigators said that they needed to complete

the investigation first, but that they expected the
final report to include reccomendations about
the risk analysis and monitoring of employment
models for airlines.

The Future for Norwegian

Following the crash, the Norwegian share price
also plummeted, particularly as the company
CEO and mastermind behind the airline, Bjorn
Kjos, and his wife were amongst those killed in
the impact. They were their way to spend a few
days relaxing in their holiday villa on the Costa
del Sol.
Despite the CEO of NAR Es, Mr Kickass
Narnia, stepping in to head the company
executive for the interim, investors fears have
not been diminished and shares were suspended
from trading last night with a value of 2NOK.
On a slightly positive note, Mr Kjos did sell
some 10% of his shares, with a value of just
over 20 million, shortly before the accident and
so his family's future is looking reasonably
secure.
As shares were suspended last night, there was a
surprise announcement from Dublin. Micheal
O'Leary, the CEO of Ryanair said that he was
looking at making an offer to shareholders to
buy Norwegian in a cash only offer.
Whilst we hate to make such a bold move in
the wake of this tragedy, there could be a real
opportunity here for Ryanair to increase our
market share dramatically. There is a synergy
between the companies we fly the same type
of aircraft and Ryanair actually trained a large
proportion of the Norwegian Pilots he
announced.

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When asked if jobs at Norwegian would be

preserved he replied that it was impossible to
comment at this time, although clearly there
would have to be a degree of losses in areas
where job overlap occurred. He added we will
still need crew to operate the aircraft though, so
maybe we can do a deal with the various
companies employing them, that are not actually
part of the Norwegian Group, and rent their
crew.
Ryanair currently operate in a similar way,
employing their crew through the Isle of Man
offices of Seychelles based 'Snakefield Aviation
Services'.
The full crash investigation report is due to be
published in April.
By Unbey Leevable
Aviation Correspondant