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UK, commander of crash-landed 777 airplane pilloried by tabloids

London, United Kingdom - "He attended sex parties"

The British tabloids never had respect for the privacy of nobody, not even for the royal family's. Imagine if they could ever have pity for the common mortals, such as airplane pilots. The last prominent victim of the gutter press is namely Peter Burkill, captain of that Boeing-777, crash-landed at Heathrow airport last week (see AVIONEWS). First praised to the skies, for the extraordinary success...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1084835
Rome, Italy, 01/22/2008 11:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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