PULL UP!!
“Pull Up!” ( Tariku Abas Etenesh ) H ave you ever read an article that starts with instruction and ends up with questions? Well if you haven’t had that experience, this is your chance to read one. My instruction: Read the following lines and take a few seconds to reflect. Who do you think is involved and in what situation do you think the following dialogue took place? A: “Pull Up!” “Pull Up!”. B: “What does ‘pull up’ mean?” If you guessed it was a conversation between two people where one had no idea of what the instruction “pull-up” meant, well, unfortunately your surmise didn't hit the target. It was an unfortunate exchange between a ground proximity warning system (GPWS) and a captain. The exchange was caught on a cockpit voice recorder just moment before a flight ended in a disastrous crash that claimed the lives of all who were on board, both passengers and crew in an Asian country. Though shocki...