ATR 72 tail-strike inquiry cites pilot-shortage pressure

ATR 72-600

Source: ATR

Portuguese investigators have indicated that a shortage of pilots might have pressured carrier White Airways to release a trainee ATR first officer for flight without a safety pilot, the day before a damaging tail-strike at Fez.

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