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SpaceShipTwo accident: a communication problem behind the disaster?

Los Amgeles, USA - The US agency investigating on the case is now working on this hypothesis

The SpaceshipTwo disaster might have been caused by a miscommunication between the two pilots on board. The news was given by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a US government agency investigating on transportation accidents. As reported by AVIONEWS, the early activation of two tail booms destabilized the “Spaceplane” flight. The devices were supposed to rotate upward into a "Fe...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1164236
Rome, Italy, 11/17/2014 17:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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