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Undue Pressure To Fly in NM Crash?
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The retired New Mexico state police chief pilot accused the state’s public safety (DPS) secretary of placing undue pressure on the department to fly ­res
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Business Aviation
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Rotorcraft
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The retired New Mexico state police chief pilot accused the state’s public safety (DPS) secretary of placing undue pressure on the department to fly ­res
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The retired New Mexico state police chief pilot accused the state’s public safety (DPS) secretary of placing undue pressure on the department to fly ­rescue missions in marginal weather and suggested that this pressure could have contributed to the June 2009 fatal crash of the state’s AgustaWestland A109E. A letter from former pilot Michael Dowd provided to the NTSB stated that “unnecessary pressures from DPS and state police management may have ­contributed to this tragedy.” DPS Secretary John Denko denied the charges.

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Thierry Dubois
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