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The defence argued that the flight operator, Keystone Air, should take the blame because Tayfel's bosses pressured him to go ahead with the flight as scheduled. During cross-examination, though, Tayfel admitted he did not push the issue of the auto-pilot system any further with the chief pilot.
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Aviation experts testified during the trial that if the aircraft had been equipped with a working auto pilot, the pilot would have most likely been able to land on the first attempt and not crashed.
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