James Robinson  wrote in
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> Bertie the Bunyip  wrote:
>>
>> D Ramapriya  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Big John  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure all remember early airbus bird, that with the Company
>>>> Pilot and Airbus Wheels in it, made a slow low altitude pass over,
>>>> I forget just what they were having on the ground,and bird got
>>>> behind the power curve and sank into the trees and crashed. Red
>>>> faces all over Airbus. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> And the pilot Michel Asseline is still in jail, I hear :(
>>> 
>> 
>> I don;t htink he did much, if any time, in fact.. 
> 
> He was originally sentenced to 6 months in jail, and 12 months
> probation.  He appealed, and the sentence was increased to 10 months
> in jail, and 10 months on probation.
> 
> He eventually served the full ten months in jail, and has been
> released. 
> 

Yeah, sounds about right. 

i think he was mae a scapegoat, myself. 

Bertie
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