Quotes by Réal Levasseur

“The weather was pretty ugly. Certainly, the environment is a fairly significant factor.”

“We have to get it right. If we get it wrong, theyre going to continue to happen.”

“We dont want to cause any more psychological damage to that individual until ... we have been assured that he is capable of talking to us.”

“The engines are in fairly good shape considering the fire damage.”

“These guys were doing 150 [knots] and visibility was severely reduced.”

“Im very happy to report we have good, solid data that will allow us to . . .start removing wreckage from the site much earlier than we would have anticipated.”

“It tracked nicely down the runway, except it didnt stop.”

“We are going to look at all aspects of this accident - weather is one of them, aircraft performance is another one. An accident seldom happens as a result of one cause.”

“There are quite a few witnesses who say they observed the aircraft halfway down the runway, longer than normal and longer than usual for this type of aircraft.”

“We have indications that he did land perhaps a bit long on the runway.”