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Pilots blamed in Brest CRJ crash

The June 2003 fatal crash of a Bombardier CRJ100 operated by Brit Air (a subsidiary of Air France) near Brest airport in France, was caused mainly by the p

By Thierry Dubois • Writer

February 5, 2007

The June 2003 fatal crash of a Bombardier CRJ100 operated by Brit Air (a subsidiary of Air France) near Brest airport in France, was caused mainly by the pilots’ forgetting to select the autopilot approach mode (appr) when they began their approach, according to the final report of the Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA). The pilot was killed and five of the other 23 occupants of F-GRJS were injured in the accident.

The pilots detected the omission only partially, the BEA said, focusing successively on vertical and horizontal navigation. They continued the unstabilized approach until the airplane reached decision height. They decided to go around, but the airplane landed in a field, hit obstacles and caught fire.

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