Brazil Assumes Responsibility--sort of.


	Brazil Assumes Responsibility--sort of.

brazilnut72

5-25-2007 9:18 AM

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brazil, gol, airline, crash, controllers

brazilnut72 says:

The fact that they are admitting that the controllers may have had something to do with it is progress.

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