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Southwest Airlines fires the captain of the aircraft involved im July's hard landing (VIDEO)

Dallas, USA - The first officer is being required to undergo additional training

Southwest Airlines communicated it fired the captain of the flight which was involved in a hard landing at New York's "LaGuardia" Airport on Monday 22 July 2013. Whitney Eichinger, spokesperson of the Dallas-based company, declared that the firing was put in place during the past week, at the end of the review procedure of the accident, and added that the first officer is being required to undergo...

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Rome, Italy, 10/03/2013 11:06
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