Pilot’s fast led to crash?
j PA Wellington 'i ' A commercial pilot. Ray-' i mond William Bull, was on a j six-day fast "and must have j been functioning below his ■ normal level of competence" j when his aircraft crashed in ■ the Ruahine ranges killing ' himself and two others, ah | air accident report has j found. I Mr Bull, aged 29. fasted ! for religious reasons, the re- ! port by the Chief Air.Acci-
dent Investigator. Mr R. Chippindale. said. The report quoted a medical examiner's opinion: "There can be no doubt that Mr Bull must have been functioning below his normal level of competence after six days of strict fasting . . ." The report found that Mr Bull, flying his Cessna from New Plymouth to Napier, did not keep to visual flight rules and crashed in the ranges.
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Press, 15 February 1982, Page 1
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