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Tape reveals tense exchange before Air Canada DC8 crash
A taped cockpit discussion shows First Officer Rowland repeatedly apologizing to Capt. Hamilton as the DC8 descends and crashes near Toronto after a July 5 flight from Montreal to Los Angeles. The tape, released by a federal inquiry, centers on spoiler deployment and engine failures amid a fatal sequence.
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David Cohen
Toronto
UPI
Air Canada
California
Peter Hamilton
Donald Rowland
Rowland
B. J. MacKinnon